Chiton furtivus, , Chiton

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 : 22

furtivus, Chiton [ Lepidochitona furtiva (Monterosato, 1879) ] ( Figures 1G, H )

1872b: 29 [VI: 111]—nomen nudum

1875a: 21 [XIII: 247]—nomen nudum

1878c: 77 [XIX: 391]—nomen nudum

1879c: 19 [XXII: 475]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–12718/L —1 sh (Lectotype) “ Ch. furtivus Monts Palermo ”

MCZR–M–12718/P —1 sh (Paralectotype) “ Ch. furtivus Monts Palermo ”

Type locality. Palermo (Sicily).

Remarks. Both the structure of valves and the morphology of the girdle elements suggest that Chiton furtivus belongs to the genus Lepidochitona J.E. Gray, 1821 (Kaas & van Belle, 1981: 37). Gaglini (in Settepassi, 1985) designated and figured the lectotype. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as Lepidochitona furtiva (Monterosato, 1879) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. A, B. Chiton cimicoides Monterosato, 1879, lectotype, Palermo (Sicily), H. 2.15 mm, with original label (MCZR– M–30001); C, D. Chiton pachylasmae Monterosato, 1879, holotype, Messina Strait (Italy), H. 3.4 mm, with original label and drawing (MCZR–M–12683); E, F. Chiton phaseolinus Monterosato, 1879, Palermo, (Sicily), H. 8.4 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–12674); G, H. Chiton furtivus Monterosato, 1872, lectotype, Palermo (Sicily), H. 3.1 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–12718); I, J. Propilidium tenue Monterosato, 1880, Palermo (Sicily), H. 2.1 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M– 12144); K–M. Fissurella dorsata Monterosato, 1878, fossil of Monte Pellegrino (Sicily), H. 38 mm, and H. 26.9 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–11943); N, O. Fissurella producta Monterosato, 1880, lectotype, “Barberia” (Tunisia), H. 18.3 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–11965); P–R. Haliotis secernenda Monterosato, 1877, Palermo (Sicily), H. 44.1 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–11858).