Trochocochlea retusa, , Trochocochlea

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 : 29

retusa, Trochocochlea [ Phorcus articulatus (Lamarck, 1822) ] ( Figures 6A, B )

1888a: 180 [XXXIII: 842]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–11122 —10 sh + 3 juv. “ Tr. retusa Porto Maurizio d. Sulliotti 1884 =? Ph. striatus Risso ”

Type locality. Described from Porto Maurizio , Livorno , Chioggia and Trieste ( Italy).

Remarks. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as taxon inquirendum. It is a synonym of Phorcus articulatus (Lamarck, 1822) [new synonymy].

rotella, Gibbula [ Steromphala nivosa (A. Adams, 1853) ] ( Figures 6C, D )

1888a: 173 [XXXIII: 835]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–11303 —16 sh + 1 juv. “ G. rotella , n. sp. Monts Malta ( Caruana )”

Type locality. Described from Malta.

Remarks. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Steromphala nivosa (Adams, 1851) ( Smriglio et al., 1991).

Figures

FIGURE 6. A, B. Trochocochlea retusa Monterosato, 1888, Porto Maurizio (Italy) (ex Sulliotti coll.) H. 18.8 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–11122); C, D. Gibbula rotella Monterosato, 1888, Malta, (ex Caruana coll.), H. 5.5 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–11303); E, F. Trochus smaragdinus Monterosato, 1880, Sfax (Tunisia), H. 7.5 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–11700); G, H. Gibbula subcincta Monterosato, 1888, coasts of Africa, H. 12.5 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–11358).