scopulosus, Vermetus [ Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758)] (Figures 19M, N)

1892c: 32, pl. III, figs 5, 6 [XLIV: 1034, 1055, figs 5, 6]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–5777 —1 sh “Serpulorbis scopulosus Monts Palermo all’Aspra. maggio 1892 forma discoidea non figurata”// 5 sh “ V. (Serpulorbis) scopulosus Monts Palermo, all’Aspra littorale Monogr. Verm. 1892 t. IV f. 4, 5.”

MCZR–M–5780 —2 sh “ V. scopulosus vr. Palermo all’Aspra”

MCZR–M–5790 —4 sh “ V. (Serpulorbis) scopulosus Monts Monog. vermeti. p. 32 e pag 33 var. discodea . t. III, f. 5 1892 Palermo!”

Type locality. Described from Mediterranean Sea ( V. gigas var. angulata Monterosato, 1878), Mondello and Aspra (Sicily; form b, discoidea).

Remarks. Name proposed for Vermetus gigas var. angulata Monterosato, 1878 (nomen nudum) raised to specific rank in 1892. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758) .