Vermetus horridus, , Vermetus

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 : 53-54

horridus, Vermetus [ Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758) ] ( Figures 19I, J )

1892c: 34, pl. IV, figs 1–3, 6, 7 [XLIV: 1036, 1057, figs 1–3, 6, 7]—available name

Type material. MCZR–M–5800 —4 sh “ V. horridus Monts forma tipica juv. ved. Monog. Verm. p. 34. t. IV f. 7 Palermo!!”.

MCZR–M–5794 —4 sh “ Vermetus horridus Monogr. Vermetidae esemplari figurati nella tav. IV Palermo e Catania”.

Type locality. Described from Acitrezza and Palermo ( Sicily).

Remarks. Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758) .

petraea, Bivonía [ Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi, 1859) ]

1884g: 61 [XXX h: 641]—available name

Type material. Types are those of Vermetus glomeratus Bivona (if still existing).

Type locality. Described from Palermo ( Vermetus glomeratus Ant. Bivona, 1832 and Philippi, 1836), Catania ( V.

cristatum Biondi, 1859 ), and localities of Mediterranean Sea.

Remarks. Replacement name for Vermetus glomeratus Ant. Bivona, 1832 (not Serpula glomerata Linnaeus, 1758 ). As suggested by Monterosato himself ( 1884g: 61), and confirmed by Scuderi (1995), this is a junior synonym of Vermetus cristatus Biondi, 1859 . Recorded by MolluscaBase (2018) as a synonym of Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi, 1859) .

Figures

FIGURE 19. A, B. Trivia spongicola Monterosato, 1923, lectotype, Sfax (Tunisia), H. 7.1 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 30025); C, D. Vermetus anguliferus Monterosato, 1884, Tripoli (Libya), 71.8 mm (aggregate), with original label (MCZR–M– 30026); E, F. Vermetus erroneous Monterosato, 1889, Mondello (Sicily), L. 21.1 x 14.3 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 21216); G, H. Vermetus gregarius Monterosato, 1878, Palermo (Sicily), L. 107.5 mm (aggregate), with original label (MCZR– M–30027); I, J. Vermetus horridus Monterosato, 1892, Palermo (Sicily) L. 64.7 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–5794); K, L. Vermetus rugulosus Monterosato, 1878, Arenella, Palermo (Sicily) L. 6.6 mm (aggregate), with original label (MCZR– M–21284); M, N. Vermetus scopulosus Monterosato, 1892, Palermo (Sicily) L. 48.2 mm, with original label (MCZR–M– 5790); O, P. Vermetus selectus Monterosato, 1878, Palermo (Sicily) L. 189 mm, with original labels (MCZR–M–5778); Q, R. Vermetus serpuloides Monterosato, 1892, Acitrezza (Sicily), L. 102 mm (aggregate), with original label (MCZR–M–5801).