Payraudeautia similis, , Payraudeautia

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 : 40

similis, Payraudeautia [ Euspira intricata (Donovan, 1804) ] ( Figures 12C–H )

1884h: 107 [XXXI: 763]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–23337 —7 sh “ N. similis v. Sfax—spugne” Label in the box bottom: “Payr. similis Monts C. di Barberia nelle spugne!”// 2 sh “ Payraudeautia similis Monterosato (Tipo) Sfax”

Other material

MCZR –M–23337 —5 sh “ N. similis v. lactea M. Sfax—spugne”// 6 sh “ N. similis v. adusta M. Sfax—spugne” Type locality. Described from coasts of Barberia ( Tunisia) and Bona ( Algeria).

Remarks. Name proposed for Natica intricata (Donovan, 1804) sensu Monterosato, 1880 and B.D.D., 1882, considered as a distinct species; currently regarded as a synonym of Euspira intricata . Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Euspira intricata (Donovan, 1804) .

Figures

FIGURE 12. A, B. Calyptraea spirata Monterosato, 1890 ex Nardo ms., Chioggia (Italy), H. 7.6 mm with original label (rectoverso) (MCZR–M–22939); C, D. Payraudeautia similis Monterosato, 1884, coasts of Barberia (Tunisia), H. 13.4 mm with original label (MCZR–M–23337); E, F. P. similis var. adusta, Sfax (Tunisia), H. 12.6 mm with original label (MCZR–M– 23337); G, H. P. similis var. lactea, Sfax (Tunisia), H. 14.7 mm with original label (MCZR–M–23337).