Donax fabula, , Donax

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 : 84

fabula, Donax [ Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 ] ( Figures 38C–E )

1923: 5, unnumb. pl., figs 1–3 [LXVIII: 1310, 1319, figs 1–3]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–30043— 3 v + 1 sh + 5 v dx “ Donax fabula Monts. Bengasi e Zuetina”

Type locality. Coasts of Cirenaica ( Libya).

Remarks. MolluscaBase (2018) does not report it. The types belong to Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 [new synonymy].

revelatus, Donax [ Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 ] ( Figures 38F, G )

1917: 7, pl. I, fig. 1 [LXVII: 1281, 1305, fig. 1]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–19320 —4 sh + 4 sh Label on the bottom: “ Donax revelatus Monts.” and “ Donax trunculus Gabés”

Type locality. Coasts of Tripolitania ( Libya) and Gulf of Gabès ( Tunisia), Mahon ( Minorca).

Remarks. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as taxon inquirendum. The types belong to Donax trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 [new synonymy].

Figures

FIGURE 38. A, B. Serrula clodiensis Monterosato, 1884, Chioggia (Italy), 24.8 mm x 13.7 mm, with original label (MCZR– M–19390); C–E. Donax fabula Monterosato, 1923, Benghazi (Libya), (C) 19.3 mm x 12.2 mm (D) 16.9 mm x 11.3 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–30043); F, G. Donax relevatus Monterosato, 1917, Gabès (Tunisia), 26.1 mm x 13.4 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–19320); H, I. Scrobicularia subangulata Monterosato, 1884, Dalmatia (Croatia), 16.4 mm x 12.7 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–20362); J, K. Fabulina fabuloides Monterosato, 1884, Pesaro (Italy), 12.1 mm x 7.54 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–20217); L, M. Macoma commutata Monterosato, 1884, Adriatic Sea (Italy), 4.5 mm x 6.9 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–30044); N, O. Panopaea cyclopana Monterosato, 1889, Ciclopi Islands, Catania (Sicily), 211 mm x 126.8 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–5912).