floribunda, Pycnodonta [ Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795)] (Figures 35K, L)

1915: 7, pl. III, figs 1–4 [LXV: 1 257, 1267, figs 1–4]—available name

Type material. MCZR –M–5520 —1 sh “ P. floribunda M. var. digitata, affine al tipo da figurare”// 1 + 2 + 3 sh “ Pycnodonta floribunda Monts Palermo !” “ Ostrea (Pycnodonta) cochlear, Poli Palermo ”// 3 sh + 5 v “ P. floribunda Monts tra Palermo e Ustica da 50 a 60 m. si potrà figurare anche impicciolita”// 3 v “ Pycnodonta floribunda, Monts Palermo !”// 7 v “ Ostrea (Pycnodonta) floribunda Monts Palermo !!”

Type locality. Described from off Palermo (Sicily).

Remarks. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) .

† frigida, Pycnodonta [ Pycnodonta frigida Monterosato, 1915] (Figures 35M, N)

1915: 12, pl. IV, fig. 2 [LXV: 1256, 1268A, fig. 2]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–5588 —2 sh “ P. frigida Monts. Ficarazzi sarebbe bene figurare in modo che si veda il tallone”.

Type locality. Described from Ficarazzi † (Sicily).

Remarks. We cannot decide whether it is a distinct fossil species or it belongs in the variation of Neopycnodonte cochlear (Poli, 1795) .