Lepidopleurus intermedius, von Salvini Plawen, 1968

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 : 78

intermedius , Pecten [ Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) ] ( Figures 35C, D )

1899: 186, fig. 3 [L: 1126, fig. 3]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–13713 —3 sh “ P. intermedius Monts. Esemplari coloriti dell’Adriatico. Altri più grandi di Palermo?”

Type locality. Described from Istria, Veglia and Quarnero ( Croatia), Palermo (Sicily), Roussillon ( France).

Remarks. Introduced by means of an original figure (a black and white drawing), without any description. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Pecten jacobaeus (Linnaeus, 1758) .

liburnicus , Proteopecten (ex Stossich ms.) [ Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758) ] ( Figures 35E, F )

1899: 188, figs 4, 5 [L: 1128, figs 4, 5]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–13779 —1 sh “ P. (Protopecten) liburnicus, Stoss. Narenta—Istria ”, “ Tipo di Monts. figurato nel Journ. de Conchyliologie 1899, p.”

Type locality. Described from Narenta ( Croatia).

Remarks. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as taxon inquirendum. The single shell found in the Monterosato collection (albeit not the one used for the original drawing), belongs to Flexopecten glaber (Linnaeus, 1758) [new synonymy]. The genus Proteopecten was introduced in the same paper.

Figures

FIGURE 35. A, B. Mytilaster solidus Monterosato, 1883, Etang d’Engrenier (France), 6.8 mm x 4.4 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–9552); C, D. Pecten intermedius Monterosato, 1899, Adriatic Sea, 43.7 mm x 47.4 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–13713); E, F. Proteopecten liburnicus Monterosato, 1899 ex Stossich ms., Narenta (Croatia), 61.5 mm x 66.4 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–13779); G, H. Monia glauca Monterosato, 1884, Napoli (Italy), 49.7 mm x 51.3 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–13047); I, J. Lima subovata Monterosato, 1872, Palermo (Sicily), 10.5 mm x 7 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–13127); K, L. Pycnodonta floribunda Monterosato, 1915, Palermo (Sicily), 58 mm x 42.6 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–5520); M, N. Pycnodonta frigida Monterosato, 1915, fossil of Ficarazzi (Sicily), 62 mm x 40.3 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–5588); O, P. Pycnodonta laticardo Monterosato, 1915, Palermo (Sicily), 55.9 mm x 54 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–5530).