Family CALYPTRAEIDAE

spirata, Calyptraea (ex Nardo ms.) [ Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)] (Figures 12A, B)

1872b: 30 [VI: 112]—as synonym of C. chinensis (L., 1758)—nomen nudum

1875b: 22 [XIII: 248]—as a variety of C. chinensis (L., 1758)—nomen nudum

1878c: 78 [XIX: 393]—as a variety of C. chinensis (L., 1758)—nomen nudum

1890a: 141 [XXXVIII a: 895]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–22939— 7 sh “ C. spirata Nardo Chioggia aderenti alla Turritella communis (Pegorari) ” (recto) “anche avuta da Brusina credo dalla stessa provenienza” (verso)

MCZR–M–23012— 1 sh “ C. spirata Madera Nobre”

Type locality. Described from Madeira, and Adriatic Sea (ex Nardo and Brusina).

Remarks. This binomen is sometimes ascribed to Nardo (1847) (e.g. MolluscaBase (2018): Gofas, 2014) where, anyway, it was not mentioned. It is to be ascribed to Monterosato (1890, ex Nardo ms.). Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) .