GALEOMMATIDAE, Gray, 1840

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 : 82

Family GALEOMMATIDAE

lepisma, Lepton [ Vasconiella jeffreysiana (P. Fischer in de Folin & Périer, 1873) ] ( Figures 36M, N )

1878b: 314 [XXI: 454]—available name

Type material. USNM – 170652 — 1 v sn “ Lepton lepisma Montr. = Scacchia crispata Folin ( Algiers, Joly)” (van Aartsen, 1982: 125).

MCZR –M–14683 — 3 v dx “ Lepton lepisma Monts. n.sp. Alger (Joly)!” + original label by Joly, “ Lepton lepisma Mont Alger valve”.

Type locality. Described from Algeria.

Remarks. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Vasconiella jeffreysiana (P. Fischer in de Folin & Périer, 1873) based on van Aartsen (1982). Monterosato explicitly based the description on a single valve, whereas in the collection the lot (original from Joly as stated in the original description) includes three valves. Additionally, another possible syntype, also originating from Joly, is in the Jeffreys collection (USNM), as reported by van Aartsen (1982).

Figures

FIGURE 36. A, B. Gryphaea navicula Monterosato, 1884, Palermo (Sicily), 40.3 mm x 26.3 mm, with original label (MCZR– M–5504); C, D. Ostreola crustacea Monterosato, 1915, Palermo (Sicily), 56.5 mm x 48.9 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 5492); E, F. Ostrea dianae Monterosato, 1915, Etang de Diane (France), 116 mm x 75.5 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M– 5664); G. Ostrea scaeva Monterosato, 1915, Palermo (Sicily), 72 mm x 82.2 mm, with original label (MCZR–M–5551); H. Pinna ensiformis Monterosato, 1884, only original label; I, J. Meleagrina savignyi Monterosato, 1884, Alessandria (Egypt), 42.6 mm x 42.2 mm (ex Lhotellerie coll), with original labels (MCZR–M–13835); K, L. Chama circinata Monterosato, 1878, Lipari Is., 35.5 mm x 31.8 mm (ex Seguenza G. coll.), with original label (MCZR–M–15270); M, N. Lepton lepisma Monterosato, 1878. Algiers (Algeria), 5.4 mm x 5.1 mm (ex Joly coll.), with original labels (MCZR–M–14683).