Taranis laevisculpta, , Taranis

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 : 61

laevisculpta, Taranis [ Taranis laevisculpta Monterosato, 1880 ] ( Figures 22S, T )

1878c: 101 [XIX: 415]—as Taranis cirrata var. laevisculpta— nomen nudum

1880c: 75 [XXVII: 559]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–16959 —3 sh “ Taranis laevisculpta Monts. Boll. Malac. Ital. 1880 , p. 75 Palermo 200– 300 m!” “ Taranis morchi Malm var. laevisculpta Palermo 210 m!”

Type locality. Described from Palermo (Sicily).

Remarks. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as Taranis laevisculpta Monterosato, 1880 .

pumila Cordieria [ Raphitoma pumila (Monterosato, 1890) ] taxon inquirendum ( Figures 22U, V )

1890c: 187 [XXXVIII c: 921]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–16774 —1 sh “tipo pumila Monts. ms” “ Algeria ”

MCZR –M–16903 —2 sh “corta ventrosa Pal.”// 1 sh “ Sicilia D. Di Stefano ”.

Type locality. Described from off Palermo (“ Funnazzi ”; Sicily), Lipari Is. and Algeria.

Remarks. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as taxon inquirendum. Pending a revision of the Mediterranean raphitomids, we cannot decide on its status.

Figures

FIGURE 22. A, B. Haedropleura flexicosta Monterosato, 1884, Barberia (Tunisia), H. 6.3 mm, with original label (MCZR– M–16732); C, D. Pleurotoma indistincta Monterosato, 1875, Mar Toscano, (Italy), H. 10.4 mm (ex Appelius coll.), with original labels (MCZR–M–16855); E, F. Mangelia scabrida Monterosato, 1890, Palermo (Sicily), H. 5.9 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–16853); G, H. Philbertia alternas Monterosato, 1884, Mondello, Palermo (Sicily), H. 10.68 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–16676); I, J. Philbertia contigua Monterosato, 1884, lectotype, Palermo (Sicily), H. 8.05 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–16702); K, L. Philbertia densa Monterosato, 1884, Palermo (Italy), H. 11.7 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–16807); Figure 22: M, N. Leufroya erronea Monterosato, 1884, Sardinia, H. 15.8 mm, with original label (MCZR– M–17340); O, P. Homotoma hispida Monterosato, 1890, Palermo (Sicily), H. 10.4 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M– 17442); Q, R. Cordiera horrida Monterosato, 1884, Palermo (Sicily), H. 14.4 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–16474); S, T. Taranis laevisculpta Monterosato, 1880, Palermo (Sicily), H. 3 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–16959); U, V. Cordieria pumila Monterosato, 1890, Algeria, H. 13.6 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–16774); W, X. Cordieria pupoides Monterosato, 1884, Provence (France), Neotype, H. 18.7 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–16492).