ampelusica, Volvarina [ Volvarina ampelusica Monterosato, 1906] (Figures 23K, L)

1906b: 130 [LV: 1162]—available name

Type material. BMNH, coll. Norman, ex Ponsonby—2 sh (Lectotype and Paralectotype), designated by Gofas (1989: 171).

MCZR –M–17159/P —1 sh (Paralectotype) “ La più grande di Cap Spartel ” // “ V. Simieri, Adams Coq. Sénégal p. 79, t.5, f. 3 = M. fusca Reeve pl . 17 f. 82 fide Journ (Mogador ”.

Type locality. Mogador (Morocco). Described also from Cape Spartel (Morocco).

Remarks. Name introduced to distinguish the Moroccan shells previously (1889d: 118) lumped in the same species as the Senegalese V. fusca (Reeve) [= Peribolus simeri Adanson]. There is another shell in the same lot with the label reading: “V? simeri Adans. Coq. Senegal p.79, t 5, f. 3 = M. fusca, Reeve pl.17, f. 82 (Mogador) Ponsoby da cui l’ho avuta. 1886” [“…Ponsoby from whom I have received it…”]. Gofas (1989) has designated a lectotype of V. ampelusica from specimens labelled as Marginella fusca in coll. Norman ex Ponsonby (NHML). Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as Volvarina ampelusica Monterosato, 1906 .