Vermetus selectus, , Vermetus

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 : 54

selectus, Vermetus [ Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758) ] ( Figures 19O, P )

1878c: 88 [XIX: 402]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–5778 —2 sh “ V. selectus v. ramosa M. spugne! Mon . Verm. p. 39.” MCZR–M–5818 —3 sh “ Vermetus selectus Monts forma typica? G. di Napoli”

MCZR –M–5868 —2 sh “ V. selectus Monts 2 esemplari di Palermo! figur. nella Monog. Vermeti 1892 t. V f.1” Type locality. Described from Catania, Acitrezza and Palermo (Sicily), Napoli ( Italy), Adriatic Sea, coasts of Syria ( Lebanon).

Remarks. Name proposed for Vermetus arenarius var. solitaria Monterosato, 1875 (nomen nudum) = Vermetus gigas var. elongata Réquien, 1848 (nomen nudum) raised to specific rank. Subsequently figured (1892c: pl. V, figs 1–4). Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Figures

FIGURE 19. A, B. Trivia spongicola Monterosato, 1923, lectotype, Sfax (Tunisia), H. 7.1 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 30025); C, D. Vermetus anguliferus Monterosato, 1884, Tripoli (Libya), 71.8 mm (aggregate), with original label (MCZR–M– 30026); E, F. Vermetus erroneous Monterosato, 1889, Mondello (Sicily), L. 21.1 x 14.3 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 21216); G, H. Vermetus gregarius Monterosato, 1878, Palermo (Sicily), L. 107.5 mm (aggregate), with original label (MCZR– M–30027); I, J. Vermetus horridus Monterosato, 1892, Palermo (Sicily) L. 64.7 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–5794); K, L. Vermetus rugulosus Monterosato, 1878, Arenella, Palermo (Sicily) L. 6.6 mm (aggregate), with original label (MCZR– M–21284); M, N. Vermetus scopulosus Monterosato, 1892, Palermo (Sicily) L. 48.2 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 5790); O, P. Vermetus selectus Monterosato, 1878, Palermo (Sicily) L. 189 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–5778); Q, R. Vermetus serpuloides Monterosato, 1892, Acitrezza (Sicily), L. 102 mm (aggregate), with original label (MCZR–M–5801).