Vitreolina antiflexa, Monterosato, 1884

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 : 49

antiflexa , Vitreolina [ Vitreolina antiflexa Monterosato, 1884 ] ( Figures 18A, B )

1884h: 101 [XXXI: 757]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–23601 —3 sh “Vitreonella antiflexa Monts fondo corall. Palermo” MCZR –M–23615 —1 sh “Magnisi”//;

MCZR –M–23616 —6 sh “Magnisi!!”// 17 sh “Magnisi!”// 1 sh “Roussillon (Dautz)”;

Type locality. Described from Palermo , Magnisi , San Vito lo Capo and Messina (Sicily), Napoli ( Italy) , Roussillon (France), Algiers ( Algeria) .

Remarks. Monterosato introduced this name with a brief description. He referred that the species matches the var. “ exilis ” Monterosato (nomen nudum) of Eulima distorta Deshayes 1830 , and (with a question mark) Eulima distorta Deshayes 1830 , sensu G.O. Sars (1878: pl. 11, fig. 23). We think that the introduction is valid due to the description rather than to the reference to Sars (1878). Thus, the type material is composed of the shells directly examined by Monterosato for this article. Pending a revision of the Mediterranean species of this difficult genus, it remains an open question whether this is a distinct species or not. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as Vitreolina antiflexa (Monterosato, 1884) .

Figures

FIGURE 18. A, B. Vitreolina antiflexa Monterosato, 1884, Palermo (Sicily), H. 3.3 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 23601); C, D. Eulima beryllina Monterosato, 1878, Palermo (Sicily), H. 4.1 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–23615); E, F. Eulima cionella Monterosato, 1878, Mondello (Sicily), H. 1.5 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–23901); G, H. Eulima curva Monterosato, 1874 ex Jeffreys ms., Trapani (Sicily), H. 3.4 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–23626); I, J. Vitreolina devians Monterosato, 1884, Palermo (Sicily), H. 3.6 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–23594); K, L. Aclis lineata Monterosato, 1869, Trapani (Sicily), H. 2 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–23629); M, N. Acicularia lubrica Monterosato, 1890, England, H. 5.4 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–30021); O, P. Lacula mediterranea Monterosato, 1869, Palermo (Sicily), H. 2.2 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–30022); Q, R. Acicularia monterosatoi Monterosato, 1890 ex De Boury ms., paralectotype, England, H 5.1 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–23603); S, T. Eulima nana Monterosato, 1878, Palermo (Sicily), H. 2.5 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–30023); U, V. Acicularia translucens Monterosato, 1890 ex Brusina ms., Velirat (Croatia), H. 5.3 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–30024); W, X. Lamellaria spirolineata Monterosato, 1869, Palermo (Sicily), H. 12.3 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–23083).