Turritella britannica, , Turritella

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 : 35

britannica, Turritella [ Turritella communis Risso, 1826 ] ( Figures 10A, B )

1890a: 148 [XXXVIIIa: 902]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–21397 —4 sh “Turr. britannica Monts type d’Angleterre” “Turr. Britannica Monts Nat. Sic. 1890”

MCZR–M–21329 —4 sh “Turr. britannica, Monts Britain !“// 1 sh “Turr. britannica, Monts England!!”

The figures in Sowerby (1859: pl. XV, fig. 1) and in the British Conchology (Jeffreys, 1867: pl. II, fig. 1), are part of the type material.

Type locality. Described from Great Britain.

Remarks. Introduced to distinguish the British forms of Turritella communis Risso, 1826 from the Mediterranean one. The introduction consisted in a bibliographic reference to figures in Sowerby (1859: pl. XV, fig. 1) and in the British Conchology (Jeffreys, 1867 [1862–1869]: pl. II, fig. 1), an indication in the sense of ICZN (1999: art. 12.2.1). Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Turritella communis Risso, 1826 .

Figures

FIGURE 10. A, B. Turritella britannica Monterosato, 1890, England, H. 59.8 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–21397); C, D. Turritella decipiens Monterosato, coasts of Barberia (Tunisia), H. 17.4 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–21434); E, F. Turritella mediterranea Monterosato, 1890, Palermo (Sicily), H. 51.1 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–21361); G, H. Turritella turbona Monterosato, 1877, Civitavecchia (Italy), H. 39.2 mm, (ex Donati coll.) with original label (MCZR–M– 21406); I, J. Scalaria candidissima Monterosato, 1877, Algiers (Algeria), H. 9.98 mm, and H. 5.2 mm, no label (MCZR–M– 30007); K, L. Scalaria commutata Monterosato, 1877, Palermo (Sicily), H. 14.3 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–23554); M, N. Hyaloscala finitima Monterosato, 1890, Gulf of Napoli (Italy), H. 3.8 mm, (ex Acton coll.) with original labels (MCZR– M–23502); O, P. Scalaria hispidula Monterosato, 1874, Palermo (Sicily), H. 3.05 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M– 23621); Q, R. Scalaria jolyi Monterosato, 1878, Algiers (Algeria) H. 13.1 mm, (ex Joly coll.) with original labels (recto-verso) (MCZR–M–23494); S, T. Linctoscala lacerata Monterosato, 1890, fossil of Ficarazzi (Sicily), H. 19.5 mm with original labels (MCZR–M–23441); U, V. Linctoscala lincta Monterosato, 1890, paralectotype, Palermo (Sicily), H. 4.9 mm (ex De Boury coll.), with original label (MCZR–M–23500).