The (almost) unknown Italian naturalist Raffaello Bellini (1874 - 1930): biography malacological publications, and status of his recent molluscan taxa Author Fasulo, Giuseppe Author Duraccio, Sergio Author Federico, Antonio Author Crocetta, Fabio text Zootaxa 2019 2019-09-11 4668 3 343 369 journal article 25478 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.3.3 911ecd53-56b9-4c32-b948-7aec22113775 1175-5326 3449562 DC193332-6762-47B2-B2E6-C5949D56D41E Pseudomurex meyendorffi var. caprensis Bellini, 1929a: 38 Type locality: Capri Island ( Naples , Tyrrhenian Sea , Italy ) . Original description: “la forma di Capri, non rara a profondità, è corta, rigonfia e differisce da quella non solo tipica, ma di altre località mediterranee” [the variety from Capri—of Coralliophila meyendorffii (Calcara, 1845) , reported as Pseudomurex meyendorffi Calcara —, not rare at depths, is short and swollen, and differs from both the typical shells and the ones from other Mediterranean localities]. Remarks: having been instituted as a geographic race, we rank it subspecific, and thus available ( ICZN 2012 : Art. 10, glossary). Listed as a simple variety or a synonym of Coralliophila meyendorffii (Calcara, 1845) by several authors ( Sabelli et al. 1992 ; Fasulo 2012 ), despite no figures ever being published by Bellini (1929a) . Spano et al. (2002) listed it as a valid species, “ C [ oralliophila ] caprensis ”, but with no further comment or description. The original description may easily fit other Mediterranean taxa than C. meyendorffii , the closer ones being Coralliophila brevis (Blainville, 1832) and Coralliophila panormitana (Monterosato, 1869) due to original description and declared depth. Thus, it is considered a nomen dubium ( ICZN 2012 : glossary).