Vermetus horridus, , 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 : 53-54

horridus, Vermetus [ Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758) ] ( Figures 19I, J )

1892c: 34, pl. IV, figs 1–3, 6, 7 [XLIV: 1036, 1057, figs 1–3, 6, 7]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–5800 —4 sh “ V. horridus Monts forma tipica juv. ved. Monog. Verm. p. 34. t. IV f. 7 Palermo!!”.

MCZR–M–5794 —4 sh “ Vermetus horridus Monogr. Vermetidae esemplari figurati nella tav. IV Palermo e Catania”.

Type locality. Described from Acitrezza and Palermo (Sicily).

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

petraea, Bivonía [ Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi, 1859) ]

1884g: 61 [XXX h: 641]—available name

Type material. Types are those of Vermetus glomeratus Bivona (if still existing).

Type locality. Described from Palermo ( Vermetus glomeratus Ant. Bivona, 1832 and Philippi, 1836), Catania (V.

cristatum Biondi, 1859 ), and localities of Mediterranean Sea.

Remarks. Replacement name for Vermetus glomeratus Ant. Bivona, 1832 (not Serpula glomerata Linnaeus, 1758 ). As suggested by Monterosato himself (1884g: 61), and confirmed by Scuderi (1995), this is a junior synonym of Vermetus cristatus Biondi, 1859 . Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi, 1859) .

Figures

FIGURE 19. A, B. Trivia spongicola Monterosato, 1923, lectotype, Sfax (Tunisia), H. 7.1 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 30025); C, D. Vermetus anguliferus Monterosato, 1884, Tripoli (Libya), 71.8 mm (aggregate), with original label (MCZR–M– 30026); E, F. Vermetus erroneous Monterosato, 1889, Mondello (Sicily), L. 21.1 x 14.3 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 21216); G, H. Vermetus gregarius Monterosato, 1878, Palermo (Sicily), L. 107.5 mm (aggregate), with original label (MCZR– M–30027); I, J. Vermetus horridus Monterosato, 1892, Palermo (Sicily) L. 64.7 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–5794); K, L. Vermetus rugulosus Monterosato, 1878, Arenella, Palermo (Sicily) L. 6.6 mm (aggregate), with original label (MCZR– M–21284); M, N. Vermetus scopulosus Monterosato, 1892, Palermo (Sicily) L. 48.2 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 5790); O, P. Vermetus selectus Monterosato, 1878, Palermo (Sicily) L. 189 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–5778); Q, R. Vermetus serpuloides Monterosato, 1892, Acitrezza (Sicily), L. 102 mm (aggregate), with original label (MCZR–M–5801).