Rissoa aurita, , Rissoa

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 : 42

aurita, Rissoa [ Crisilla semistriata (Montagu, 1808) ] ( Figures 13I, J )

1877a: 35, pl. III, fig. 7 [XV: 305, 322, fig. 7]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–22255 —1 sh “ Rissoa aurita n. sp. Monterosato Alger (Joly)!” “ Rissoa aurita Monts. Alger (Joly) (Joly’s handwriting)

Type locality. Described from coasts of Algeria.

Remarks. The single shell at MCZR has a second varix on the last whorl, causing a deformated outline. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Crisilla semistriata (Montagu, 1808) .

Figures

FIGURE 13. A–C. Rissoa algeriana Monterosato, 1877, Algiers (Algeria), H. 4.4 mm and var. rufula H. 3.1 mm (ex Joly coll.), with original label (MCZR–M–22182); D–F. Zippora angustior Monterosato, 1917, Tripoli (Libya), H. 6.45 mm and H. 4.3 mm with original label (MCZR–M–30008); G, H. Sabanea apicina Monterosato, 1890, Palermo (Sicily), H. 1.9 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–22011); I, J. Rissoa aurita Monterosato, 1877, Algiers (Algeria), H. 3.1 mm (ex Joly coll.), with original labels (MCZR–M–22255); K, L. Cingula beniamina Monterosato, 1884, paralectotype, Trapani, (Sicily), H. 1.7 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–22252); M, N. Microsetia coelata Monterosato, 1884, lectotype, Ognina (Sicily), H. 0.9 mm with original label (MCZR–M–30009); O, P. Sabanea consimilis Monterosato, 1890, Palermo (Sicily), H. 2.2 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–30010); Q, R. Alvania consociella Monterosato, 1884, lectotype, Corsica (France), H. 3.3 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–22159).