Open AccessAt last at home: a correct taxonomic assignment and a proper repository for the holotype of Acirsa corsicana Nordsieck, 1974 (Caenogastropoda Epitonidae)
Author(s) -
Luigi Romani,
Attilio Pagli
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
biodiversity journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2039-0408
pISSN - 2039-0394
DOI - 10.31396/biodiv.jour.2020.11.3.765.769
Subject(s) - holotype , synonym (taxonomy) , taxon , nomenclature , zoology , biology , genealogy , cobitidae , fauna , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , fishery , history , genus , fish <actinopterygii>
The taxonomic composition of the family Epitoniidae Berry, 1910 (1812) in Italian waters un-derwent relatively few changes in recent decades: except some nomenclatural changes andone reinstatement, only few species have been recently added to this fauna. Acirsa corsicana Nordsieck, 1974 is the last taxon described in the area and its status is currently disputed orwrongly assessed. After the examination of the holotype and comparisons with similar species,the status of A. corsicana is here properly assessed as junior synonym of Opalia coronata(Philippi & Scacchi, 1840). The specimen, until now kept in private collections, is depositedin an institutional repository (MNHNP).