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
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10.11646/zootaxa.4668.3.3
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Fissurella graeca
var.
caprensis
Bellini, 1929a: 58
Type
locality:
Capri Island
(
Napoli
,
Tyrrhenian Sea
,
Italy
)
.
Original description:
“con apice più elevato e reticolatura meno marcata” [with a more prominent apex and a less marked reticulate sculpture—with respect to
Diodora graeca
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
, reported as
Fissurella graeca
L.].
Remarks:
having been instituted as a geographic race, we rank it subspecific, and thus available (
ICZN 2012
: Art. 10, glossary). Considered a junior synonym of
Diodora graeca
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
by
Fasulo (2012)
, although no figures were ever published by
Bellini (1929a)
. The original description may easily fit several Mediterranean fissurellid limpets, all occurring in Capri Island and not even congeneric—e.g.
Fissurella nubecula
(
Linnaeus, 1758
)
,
D. graeca
,
Diodora italica
(Defrance, 1820)
. Thus, it is considered a
nomen dubium
(
ICZN 2012
: glossary).