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Luigi Romani

  • Biodiversity Journal, 6 (4): 843-850

    Luigi Romani & Danilo Scuderi
    A new species of Setia H. Adams et A. Adams,1852 (Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda Rissoidae) from the Mediterranean Sea

    ABSTRACT
    A new species of Setia H. Adams et A. Adams, 1852 (Prosobranchia Caenogastropoda Rissoidae) is here described as new for science. Specimens were found in samples collected in two localities of the Ionic Sea. Here the description and figures of the new species follow, which is compared to the most similar congeners and to species of different genera, which share the cylindrical shape, smooth shell and rounded top-whorl. Biological notes of the environment where the new species was found are added to complete its profile.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 6 (1): 083-086

    Luigi Romani, Stefano Bartolini & Alessandro Raveggi
    Colinatys Ortea, Moro et Espinosa, 2013 from Eastern Mediterranean Sea (Opisthobranchia Haminoeidae)

    ABSTRACT
    Two shells of the genus Colinatys Ortea, Moro et Espinosa, 2013 (Opistobranchia Haminoeidae), similar to Colinatys alayoi (Espinosa et Ortea, 2004), type species of the genus, are reported from Larnaca, Cyprus. The presence of the species in the Mediterranean Sea is discussed.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 6 (1): 079-082

    Francesco Giusti, Carlo Sbrana & Luigi Romani
    First record of Rugulina fragilis (Sars G.O., 1878) from the Mediterranean Sea (Mollusca Gastropoda Pendromidae)

    ABSTRACT
    Several shells of Rugulina fragilis (Sars G.O., 1878) (Mollusca Gastropoda Pendromidae) are reported from the Tuscan Archipelago. This is the first record of the species from the Mediterranean Sea.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 5 (4): 515–520

    Luigi Romani
    Mediterranean Umbraculida Odhner, 1939 (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia): diagnostic tools and new records

    ABSTRACT
    Some diagnostic tools are given to distinguish juvenile shells of the mediterranean Umbraculida Odhner, 1939 species (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia) and some new records of rare species are added.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 5 (4): 509–514

    Luigi Romani
    Alvania dalmatica Buzzurro et Prkic, 2007 (Gastropoda Rissoidae): range extension, shell variability, habitat and relationships with A. hallgassi Amati et Oliverio, 1985

    ABSTRACT
    Shell samples of Alvania dalmatica Buzzurro et Prkic, 2007 (Gastropoda Rissoidae) were obtained from Corfu. This is the first record of the species from the Ionian Sea and Greece. The shells show a wide morphological variation not previously reported for the species. Numerous shells of A. hallgassi Amati et Oliverio, 1985 were also found in the same localities. Some unreported features of this species are pointed out and the relationships with A. dalmatica are considered.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 5 (2): 367-370

    Luigi Romani & Stefano Bartolini
    On the distribution of some Mediterranean Cerithiopsis (Caenogastropoda Cerithiopsidae)

    ABSTRACT
    New records extend the distribution range of some Cerithiopsis Forbes et Hanley, 1850 (Caenogastropoda Cerithiopsidae): C. ladae Prkic et Buzzurro, 2007, C. pulchresculpta Cachia, Mifsud et Sammut, 2004 and C. iudithae Reitano et Buzzurro, 2006.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 12 (2): 0277-0282

    Serge Gofas & Luigi Romani
    A new minute eulimid (Caenogastropoda Eulimidae) from the western Iberian Peninsula
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.2.277.282
    https://www.zoobank.org/References/aa55bdf3-1e5e-469d-84a8-5ec6a013150f

    ABSTRACT
    An enigmatic small-sized gastropod is recorded on few shells originating from the western Iberian Peninsula. It is assigned to the family Eulimidae relying on shell characters, and compared to species of several genera which share some morphological features with it. It is described as new and provisionally included in Chileutomia Tate et Cossmann, 1898, although with reservation, as we refrain to establish a new genus without anatomical and molecular data which can clarify the phylogenetic relationships of the new species.

  • 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).