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ENUMERAZIONE E SINODINA DELLE Pel Socio MARCHESE 1)1 MONTEROSATI) Era Mio Pensiero Allorchè Pubblicai Nell'anno 1875 Un Sempl ENUMERAZIONE E SINODINA DELLE pel socio MARCHESE 1)1 MONTEROSATI) Era mio pensiero allorchè pubblicai nell’anno 1875 un semplice catalogo della fauna conchiolog-ica Mediterranea sotto il titolo di « Nuova Rivista », di far succedere a questo un esteso e ragionato lavoro, nel quale occupan- domi della descrizione delle nuove specie già sommariamente accennate in- tendevo sottoporre all’esame dei culteri della scienza il risultato di non po- chi ed indefessi studii su questo ramo importante della zoologia. Perö dopo la pubblicazione della mia «Nuova Rivista», uii numero considerevole di aggiunzioni sono state fatte alla nostra fauna conchiologica e non poche memorie su questo soggetto sono state pubblicate da varii autori e da me. Reputo quindi indispensable, a mio modo di vedere , prima di descrivere Io nuove specie e di discutere le specie litigiose, di coordinarle tutte nuo- vamente in questa prima parte e di offrire al mondo conchiologico un com­ plete catalogo delle ricchezze della fauna marina Mediterranea che potesse rispondere alle esigenze attuali della scienza. Iii venta, avrei potuto, dopo di aver dato due altri cataloghi di questo genere, risparmiare ai miei confratelli questa terza superflua e direi quasi noiosa enumerazione di tutte Io specie Méditerranée , ed invertire invece l'ordine del presente lavoro, facendo avanti conoscere in uii supplemento, le sole novità, cio che sarebbe stato più corto, forse phi utile e che avrebbe nello stesso tempo raggiunto Io stesso scopo ; ma varie considerazioni mi indussero a rifondere l’intiera lista di questa numerosa tribù, a parte della poco buona opiuione che io stesso professo intorno al valore scientifico del mio precedente catalogo. Pcrcorrendo difatti la presente enumerazione e 62 ENUMERAZIONE E SINONIMIA mettendola in confronto con la « Nuova Rivista », si potré scorgere facil- mente quale importante numero di addizioni essa racchiude non solo , ma quante nuove impressum, di cui appresso daro Io svolgimcnto, mi hanno costretto a proporre dei cambiamenti nella nomenclatura. Una esatta nomenclatura è la base della nostra scienza ed it perfeziona- mento di questa importante parte di ogmi ramo della zoologia ed in gene­ rale di tutte le scienze, è possibile soltanto di ottenerlo dopo varii tentativi e coi soccorso di varii criterii. Mano mano la critica mette a chiaro gli er- rori ai quali inavvedutamente si è andato incontro e dalle correzioni fatte in seguito, ne risulta chiaramente uno indiscutibile progresso. Dall'altro lato, come già ho detto in un mio articolo sulle conchiglie delle coste Algerine (1), le idee sulle validité della specie si modificano a mi- sura che si fa una phi ampia conoscenza con gli esseri provenienti da ta­ inui punti tributarî della nostra fauna , che non erano stati per Io avanti esplorati o per Io meno bene esplorati. L'idea di uii supplementa alla « Nuova Rivista » era la phi naturale e quello che a prima giunta mi si presenté allo spirito; ma un supplemento è d’incontrastabile utilité alla sola condizione che l’ordine d'idee dell'autore non sia mutato e allorquando questo supplemento possa far parte degli Atti di quclla taie Société che ha gié pubblicata la parte phi estesa dello stesso scritto. Questo nuovo indice delle conchiglie mediterranee è stato benevolmente accolto nel Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche del 1878. La « Nuova Rivista » fa parte degli Atti dell'Accademia Palermitana di Scienze e Lettere del 1875. In tre anni di continue ricerche e con l’aiuto e le co- municaziom dei miei corrispondenti ho potuto constatare che se le nostre cognizioni sono lungi dall'essere complete, possono pur nondimeno dirsidi molto avanzate. La seconda parte che saré inclusa in questo stesso organo di pubblica- zione, conterré le diagnosi e le figure delle nuove specie, non che la di- scussione sui generi e sulla specie che meritano degli schiarimenti, discor- rendo nel tempo istesso delia distribuzione geografica e batimetrica delle specie e delia loro esistenza nei nostri terreni terziarii. (1) Joum. Conchyl. 1877, p. 24, 25. DELLE C0NCHIGL1E MEDITERRANEE 63 BRACHIOPODA Terebratula vitrea, Born (Anomia); e var. ex forma : dilatata, rotundata , subquadrata eco. T. minor, Ph.=T. affinis, Cale.; e var. ex forma: dilatata, eco. Terebratulina caputserpentis, Lin. (Anomia), = Terebratula emarginata e T. quadrata, Risso, ecc. Megerlia truncata, Lin. (Anomia), ecc. Monstr. = Terebratula monstruo­ sa, Sc. Platidia anomioides, Sc. e Pii. (Orthis) = Terebratula appressa, Forbes, f. Davidson. Branchae trilobate. Med. e Adr. P. Davidsoni, Eud. Deslong. (Morrisii). Branchie bilobate. Med. e Adr. P. seminulum, Pii. (Terebratula). Semicircolare escavazione nella valva dorsale come nelle altre Platidiae; branchie circolari. Med. e Adr. Argiope decollata, Chemn. (Anomia) = Terebratula aperta, De Bl. = Tere­ bratula Cardita e T. urna-antiqua, Risso = T. dimidiata, Sc., ecc. ecc. Cistella Neapolitana, Sc. (Terebratula) = ? T. cordata, Risso = Argiope Forbesi, Davids. Var. = Orthis bifida, O. G. Costa = ? A. biplicata, Seg. C. cuneata, Risso (Terebratula) = T. Soldaniana, Risso = Orthis pera, v. Mülfh. = T. scobinata, Cantr.; e var. albicolor, Jeffr. Thecidium Mediterraneum , Risso (Thecidea) = Thecidea ? Spondylea, Sc. Crania turbinata, Poli (Anomia) = C. ringens, e C. rostrata, Hœning. (12 sp.). Anomia ephippium, Lin.; Var. =A. squamula, (Lin.) auct.; e moite forme descritte e figurate da Philippi. Innumerevoli sinonimi. A. aculeata, Mtg.; e var. laevis. Med. e Adr. A. patelliformis, Lin. = A. pectiniformis, Poli. Med. e Adr. A. striata, (Brocc.) Lovên. Var. 1,==A. elegans, Ph. Var. 2, = A. pul­ chella, Arad. Med. e Adr. Ostrea edulis, Lin. Var. 1, =0. hippopus, Lk. Var. 2, = 0. cristata, auct. (non Born). Juv. = 0. depressa, Pii. ecc. ecc. 64 ENUMERAZIONE E SINONIMIA Ostrea Cyrnusii, Payr. = ? 0. lamellosa, Brocc. Med. 0. Stentina, Payr. — 0. plicata, auct. (non Chemn.) = ? 0. Adriatica, Lk. Var. ex forma: planata, rugosa ecc. Var. ex coi: radiata, ecc. Med. e Adr. O. cochlear, Poli, e var. ex coi : rosea, albina, flavida, ecc. Spondylus Gaederopus , Lin. Var. ex forma : aculeata , foliosa , inermis. Var. ex coi : albina, corallina. S. Gussoni, O. G. Costa. = S. albidus, Cherna, e S. minimus, Brod., f. Petit. Med. e Adr. Pecten multistriatus, Poli (Ostrea) = P. sentis, Reeve = P. pusio, auct.; & var. ex coi : flava, rubra, violacea, ecc. P. varius, Lia. (Ostrea); e var. ex forma et coi : plur. P. opercularis, Lia. (Ostrea); e var. ex coi : plur. Var. ex forma : =0. san­ guinea, Poli. = P. Audouinii, Payr., ecc. P. glaber, Lin. (Ostrea) = P. proteus, Sol.; e var. ex coi: plur. Adr. Var. 1, ex forma: costis duplicata. Var. 2, — P. sulcatus, Lk. (non Bora). P. pes-felis, [Lin.) auct. = Ostrea elongata, Born. = 0. corallina, Poli. — P. Borni, Payr. Med. e Adr. P. inflexus, Poli (Ostrea) = P. adspersus, Lk. = P. Dumasi, Payr.-, e var. ex coi : albida, marmorata ecc. Var. ex forma. = 0. elevata, Poli, eco. P. flexuosus, Poli, (Ostrea) = P. polymorphus, Bronn; e var. ex coi : plur. Var. ex forma : inflexa, bis-inflexa, ecc. P. Bruei, Payr. — P. leptogaster, Brus.; e var. ex coi : flavida, rubra, eco. Med. e Adr. P. commutatus, Monts. = P. gibbus, Pii. (non Lk.) = P. Philippii, Rêcluz (non Michelotti.) Med. e Adr. P. striatus, Milli, (non v. Müust.) = P. Tornabeni, Biondi P. rimulo­ sus, Pii. (foss.). Med. e Adr. P. Hoskynsi, Forbes = P. imbrifer, Lovén = l P. fimbriatus, Pii. (foss.) Mar Egéo (Forbes); Pai., 300 m! Citato erroneamente di Messina. P. vitreus, Chenia. (Pallium) = P. Gemmellari-filii, Biondi. Presso Cata­ nia (Biondi, Aradas). Var. = P. abyssorum, Lovén, ms. Pai. 300 m ! P. similis, Laskey = P. pullus, Cantr. = P. pygmaeus, auct. (non v. Münst).; e var. ex coi : zig-zag, radiata, ecc. Med. e Adr. P.. Testae, Biv. p.\ e var. ex coi : plur. Med. e Adr. Var. =P. furtivus, Lovén. Palermo ! Sect. Vola, Klein. P. Jacobaeus, Lia. (Ostrea); e var. ex coi : alba, maculata ecc. (1). (1) P. maximus, Lin. (Ostrea). Corsica (Requieni coste di Provenza (Clément); Pantelleria; (M’Andrew); coste di Spagna e Maiorca (Hidalgo); Palermo, giovani esemplari (Monts.). Dubbio come Mediterraneo. L’esemplare di Aci Trezza citato da Aradas è un esotico P. medius, Lk. DELLE CONCHIGLIE MEDITERRANEE 65 Pleuronectia? hyalina, Poli (Ostrea); e var. ex coi : succinea, testudinaria, nivosa, coccinea, violacea, ecc. Var. ex forma : costata, semicostata. P. laevis, Jeffr. — Rep. Brit. Ass., London 1873, p. 112. Coste di Tunisi 45 fms. (Porcup. Exped.). P. fenestrata , Forbes, (Pecten) = Pecten inaequisculptus , Tib. = Pecten Philippii, Acton. La valva inferior : = P. concentricus , Forbes — P. antiquatus, Fh. Med. e Adr. Lima squamosa, [Lk) auct.; e var. grandis. L. inflata, Chemn. (Pecten). L. tenera, Turt. = ? L. hians, Gm.; var. minor. L. Loscombii, [Leach) G. B. Sow. = L. bullata, [Turt.) Fh.=L. clausa, Dan. e Sand. Med. e Adr. Limea nivea, [Ren.) Brocc. (Ostrea) = Lima elliptica, Jeffr. Med. e.Adr. L. subauriculata, Mtg. (Pecten) = Lima (Limatula) elongata, Forbes, ecc. Med. e Adr. L. subovata, Jeffr. (Lima) — Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1876 , p. 427. = ? Lima (Limatula) cuneata, Forbes. Palermo, Termini-Imerese, S. Vito, Sciacca, 30-210 m, (Monts.); Mar Egéo ? (Forbes). L. crassa, Forbes (Lima) = Limea Sarsii, Lovén. = Lima scabrella, M’An­ drew. Med. e Adr. Avicula Tarentina, Lk. — Mytilus hirundo, Lin. (pars) (1). Pinna nobilis, Lin. =P. muricata, Foli ecc. (ved. Weink., vol. 1, p. 136). Juv. = P. vitrea, auct. = P. saccata, Foli. P. pernula, Chemn. = P. Philippii, Marae. = P. rudis, Fh. (non Lin). P. truncata, Fh. = P. Philippii, Arad. Var. 1, = P. Gemmellari, Marae. Var. 2, = P. Aradasii, Marae. Monstr. = P. Joenia, Arad. ecc. Med. e Adr. Mytilus Galloprovincialis, Lk. Var. 1, dilatata. Var. 2, angustata. Var. 3, flava. Var. 4, saggittata, eco. ecc. M. pictus, Born = M. Africanus, Chemn. Varie forme. Algeria, Spagna meridionale, Malta. M. crispus, Cantr. =M. Baldi, Brus. (M. confusus, Chemn?; M. lineatus? Gm.) Var. minor-solida. Med. e Adr. M. minimus, Foli; e var. ex forma. M. cylindraceus ? Req. Var. minutis­ sima. Alger (Marion). Modiola barbata, Lin. (Mytilus), e var. ex coi. M. phaseolina, Fh. =M. laevis, Dan.
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