Attilio Pagli

• Biodiversity Journal, 12 (1): 0225-0228

  Andrea Nappo, Daniel Pellegrini & Attilio Pagli
  First record of Calliostoma lusitanicum F. Nordsieck et García-Talavera, 1979 (Gastropoda Calliostomatiidae) in the Mediterranean Sea and remarks on C. alexandrinum Pallary, 1912
  https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.1.225.228

  ABSTRACT
  In this work is reported for the first time the presence of Calliostoma lusitanicum F. Nordsieck et García-Talavera, 1979 (Gastropoda Calliostomatiidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Present sightings widen the known distribution of this species, found in the Madeira Archipelago and Canary Islands. The relationship between C. lusitanicum and C. alexandrinum Pallary, 1912 is discussed.

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• Biodiversity Journal, 11 (3): 765-769

  Luigi Romani & Attilio Pagli
  At last at home: a correct taxonomic assignment and a proper repository for the holotype of Acirsa corsicana Nordsieck, 1974 (Caenogastropoda Epitonidae)
  https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2020.11.3.765.769

  ABSTRACT
  The taxonomic composition of the family Epitoniidae Berry, 1910 (1812) in Italian waters underwent relatively few changes in recent decades: except some nomenclatural changes and one 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 or wrongly 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 deposited in an institutional repository (MNHNP).

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