Vermetus verrucosus, , Vermetus

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 : 55

verrucosus, Vermetus [ Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758) ] ( Figures 20C, D )

1878c: 88 [XIX: 402]—as Vermetus gigas var. verrucosa— nomen nudum

1892c: 33, pl. III, fig. 4 [XLIV: 1035, 1055, fig. 4]—such as Vermetus verrucosus— available name

Type material. MCZR –M–5796 —3 sh “ V. verrucosus Monts Tav. III Palermo ” “ All’Aspra p. Palermo vedi Mon . Vermet. p. 34”// 1 sh “ Mon. Verm. Med. t. III f.4”

Type locality. Described from Palermo ( V. gigas var. verrucosa Monterosato, 1878 ) and Aspra (Sicily).

Remarks. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Figures

FIGURE 20. A, B. Vermetus spirintortus Monterosato, 1892, Algeria, L. 2.4 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–21264); C, D. Vermetus verrucosus Monterosato, 1878, Aspra, Palermo (Sicily), L. 56.5 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–5796). E, F. Pollia coccinea Monterosato, 1884, Palermo (Sicily), H. 15.5 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–30028); G, H. Columbella cuneata Monterosato, 1892, Sfax (Tunisia), H. 19.94 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–18594); I, J. Mitrella hidalgoi Monterosato, 1889, Cadiz (Morocco) H. 6.5 mm (ex Hidalgo coll.), with original labels (MCZR–M–18486); K, L. Pseudofusus gigliolii Monterosato, 1890, ‘Spedizione italiana del Washington’, H. 23.0 mm, with original label (recto-verso) (MCZR–M– 17431); M, N. Pseudofusus labronicus Monterosato, 1884, Livorno (Italy), H. 13.3 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M– 30029); O, P. Pseudofusus latiroides Monterosato, 1890 ex Di Blasi ms., fossil of Monte Pellegrino (Sicily), H. 28.2 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–17365); Q–S. Pseudofusus parvulus Monterosato, 1884, paralectotypes, Palermo (Sicily), H. 11.1 mm and H. 12.6 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–17464); T, U. Trophon rusticulus Monterosato, 1880, coasts of Barberia (Tunisia), H. 9.2 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–17419).