Acicularia lubrica, , Acicularia

Appolloni, Massimo, Smriglio, Carlo, Amati, Bruno, Lugliè, Lorenzo, Nofroni, Italo, Tringali, Lionello P., Mariottini, Paolo & Oliverio, Marco, 2018, Catalogue of the primary types of marine molluscan taxa described by Tommaso Allery Di Maria, Marquis of Monterosato, deposited in the Museo Civico di Zoologia, Roma, Zootaxa 4477 (1), pp. 1-138 : 50-51

lubrica, Acicularia [Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890) ] ( Figures 18M, N )

1878c: 96—XIX: 410 — as Acicularia intermedia var. solidula —nomen nudum

1884h: 103 [XXXI: 759]—as Acicularia intermedia var. solidula —not available (infrasubspecific)

1890b: 159 [XXXVIIIb: 907]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–30021 —1 sh “ Acicularia lubrica Monts = intermedia auct. typ. England!”.

MCZR–M–30052 —9 sh + 2 frg “Palermo” // 1 sh “ Eulima lubrica Monts acic. fondi coral. Palermo” (unknown handwriting) // 3 sh “Eulime rade de Morlaix 20 brasses beaucoup plus rare que Eul. Polita” (A. Bavay’s handwriting?) // 2 sh “ Eulima di Napoli !! vicina alla polita. La stessa foss. a Ficarazzi!!” // 1 sh “ Eulima intermedia Cant. 1 expl Bergen” (unknown handwriting) //2 sh “ Eulima intermedia Cantraine England”.

Type locality. “Numerous localities” in Mediterranean and Atlantic.

Remarks. Monterosato (1890b: 159) deemed Jeffreys’ (1867: 203; 1869: 214; pl. 77, fig. 4) interpretation of Eulima intermedia Cantraine, 1835 , as not corresponding to Cantraine’s actual species [= Melanella polita (Linnaeus, 1758)]. He had previously described this form as Acicularia intermedia var. “ solidula ” (1884h: 103; nomen nudum in 1878c: 96). The name Eulima solidula , however, may fall in homonymy with Eulima solidula A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 , and it may therefore be argued that Monterosato (1890b: 159) preferred to introduce by a description a different name, Acicularia lubrica for Eulima intermedia Cantraine sensu Jeffreys. This is a well– known species of the genus Melanella Bowdich, 1822, parasitic on holothurians ( Bouchet & Warén, 1986: 352). It is noteworthy that in the type material and additional (non-type) samples in the collection the typical spiral microsculpture, assumed to be diagnostic of M. lubrica as currently conceived (e.g. Bouchet & Warén, 1986: 362, figs 742,743; Gofas et al., 2011: 228), is rather variable in presence/absence and strength. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as Melanella lubrica (Monterosato, 1890) .

Figures

FIGURE 18. A, B. Vitreolina antiflexa Monterosato, 1884, Palermo (Sicily), H. 3.3 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 23601); C, D. Eulima beryllina Monterosato, 1878, Palermo (Sicily), H. 4.1 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–23615); E, F. Eulima cionella Monterosato, 1878, Mondello (Sicily), H. 1.5 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–23901); G, H. Eulima curva Monterosato, 1874 ex Jeffreys ms., Trapani (Sicily), H. 3.4 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–23626); I, J. Vitreolina devians Monterosato, 1884, Palermo (Sicily), H. 3.6 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–23594); K, L. Aclis lineata Monterosato, 1869, Trapani (Sicily), H. 2 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–23629); M, N. Acicularia lubrica Monterosato, 1890, England, H. 5.4 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–30021); O, P. Lacula mediterranea Monterosato, 1869, Palermo (Sicily), H. 2.2 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–30022); Q, R. Acicularia monterosatoi Monterosato, 1890 ex De Boury ms., paralectotype, England, H 5.1 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–23603); S, T. Eulima nana Monterosato, 1878, Palermo (Sicily), H. 2.5 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–30023); U, V. Acicularia translucens Monterosato, 1890 ex Brusina ms., Velirat (Croatia), H. 5.3 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–30024); W, X. Lamellaria spirolineata Monterosato, 1869, Palermo (Sicily), H. 12.3 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–23083).