Ostrea dianae, , Ostrea

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 : 80-81

dianae, Ostrea [ Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 ] ( Figures 36E, F )

1915: 10 [LXV: 1254]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–5664 — 2 v “ O. lamellosa (Sn. di M. Rosato) Etang de Diane ” Kleciack’s handwriting, “ Zara . Kleciack” [likely meaning “found also at Zara ”]

Type locality. Described from Etang de Diane ( Corsica).

Remarks. A name accompanied by a description, introduced for Ostrea boblayei Deshayes, 1833 , sensu B.D.D. (1887: 14; pl. 3, figs 1–5), a Recent species considered as distinct from Deshayes’ fossil one. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as taxon inquirendum. The type material belongs to Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 [new synonymy].

scaeva, Ostrea (ex Valenciennes ms.) [ Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 ] ( Figures 36G )

1915: 9, pl. I, figs 1, 4 [LXV: 1253, 1263, figs 1, 4]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–5590 —2 sh “ O. scaeva depressa sine loco forse coste atlantiche” MCZR –M–5551 —2 sh “ O. scaeva Valenc. Palermo ”

MCZR –M–5515 —1 sh “ O. Scaeva Napoli! Valencienne 1861”

MCZR–M–5550 —3 sh + 1 v “ O. scaeva Valenciennes Oran e Algeri Joly e Pallary var. Oranica Monts” MCZR–M–5581 —1 sh “ O. scaeva Valenciennes di Napoli ! coll. Tiberi.”

MCZR–M–5533 —2 sh “ O. scaeva var. scaevo—depressa coste Atlantiche della Francia”

MCZR–M–5557 —2 sh “ O. scaeva var. armata, Santa Gilla (Cagliari) ”

MCZR –M–5545 —1 sh + 1 v “ O. Scaeva Valen. var. scaevo—depressa. Malta! Monts ”

MCZR–M–5539 —1 sh “ O scaeva Valenc. Catania ! D. Dr. Aradas”.

MCZR–M–5535 — 15 v “ O. scaeva var. Nassophila, Viareggio”

Type locality. Described from Palermo , Catania and Monte Pellegrino † (Sicily), and Napoli ( Italy).

Remarks. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, 1758 .

Figures

FIGURE 36. A, B. Gryphaea navicula Monterosato, 1884, Palermo (Sicily), 40.3 mm x 26.3 mm, with original label (MCZR– M–5504); C, D. Ostreola crustacea Monterosato, 1915, Palermo (Sicily), 56.5 mm x 48.9 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 5492); E, F. Ostrea dianae Monterosato, 1915, Etang de Diane (France), 116 mm x 75.5 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M– 5664); G. Ostrea scaeva Monterosato, 1915, Palermo (Sicily), 72 mm x 82.2 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–5551); H. Pinna ensiformis Monterosato, 1884, only original label; I, J. Meleagrina savignyi Monterosato, 1884, Alessandria (Egypt), 42.6 mm x 42.2 mm (ex Lhotellerie coll), with original labels (MCZR–M–13835); K, L. Chama circinata Monterosato, 1878, Lipari Is., 35.5 mm x 31.8 mm (ex Seguenza G. coll.), with original label (MCZR–M–15270); M, N. Lepton lepisma Monterosato, 1878. Algiers (Algeria), 5.4 mm x 5.1 mm (ex Joly coll.), with original labels (MCZR–M–14683).