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 Limnaea truncatula var. neapolitana Bellini, 1904d: 38 Type locality: Sebeto river ( Naples , Italy ) . Original description: “shell smaller and less lofty; ovoid aperture; yellowish color”—with respect to Galba truncatula (Müller, 1774) , reported as Limnaea truncatula Müller. Remarks: having been instituted as a geographic race, we rank it subspecific, and thus available ( ICZN 2012 : Art. 10, glossary). Hubendick (1951) and Alzona (1971) listed “ neapolitana Bellini, 1904 ” as a synonym of Galba truncatula (Müller, 1774) , and the same holds for Fasulo (2013) , who considered Limnaea truncatula var. neapolitana Bellini, 1904 as a synonym of G. truncatula . This taxon was never figured by Bellini (1904d , 1908a , 1915 ); however, taking into account the absence of congeneric and/or similar species from the Naples area ( Welter-Schultes 2012 ), as well as the fact that it is generally a very common species, we are prone to accept that it was truly described as based on G. truncatula . This taxon was not found during samplings held in the area in the 1980’s ( Battaglini & Valentino 1981 –1982), and therefore it presumably did not survive the anthropogenic changes to which the Sebeto River has been subjected in the last century.