Alvania pluricosticillata Chirli & Forli, 2021 junior synonym of Crisilla gagliniae (Amati, 1985)
Bruno Amati* & Marco Oliverio#
*Largo Giuseppe Veratti
37/D, 00146 Roma, Italy,
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0002-3515-9543
#Dipartimento di Biologia
e Biotecnologie ‘Charles
Darwin’, Sapienza
Università di Roma, Viale
dell’Università 32, I-00185
Roma, Italy,
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https://orcid.org/0000-
0002-0316-4364
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0002-3515-9543
#Dipartimento di Biologia
e Biotecnologie ‘Charles
Darwin’, Sapienza
Università di Roma, Viale
dell’Università 32, I-00185
Roma, Italy,
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https://orcid.org/0000-
0002-0316-4364
Abstract
Based on similarity in shell morphology, it is proposed that Alvania pluricosticillata Chirli & Forli, 2021 (fossil, recently described from the Plio-Pleistocene of Tuscany and Calabria) and Crisilla gagliniae (Amati, 1985) (extant, originally described from eastern Sicily) actually represent a single species. By priority, Crisilla gagliniae is the name to use for this species.
Key words
Gastropoda; Rissoidae, fossil; Recent; Pliocene; Pleistocene; Mediterranean Sea; Italy; synonymy.
Based on similarity in shell morphology, it is proposed that Alvania pluricosticillata Chirli & Forli, 2021 (fossil, recently described from the Plio-Pleistocene of Tuscany and Calabria) and Crisilla gagliniae (Amati, 1985) (extant, originally described from eastern Sicily) actually represent a single species. By priority, Crisilla gagliniae is the name to use for this species.
Key words
Gastropoda; Rissoidae, fossil; Recent; Pliocene; Pleistocene; Mediterranean Sea; Italy; synonymy.
Riassunto
Sulla base delle somiglianze nella morfologia conchiliare, si propone che Alvania pluricosticillata Chirli & Forli, 2021 (fossile, descritta recentemente dal Plio-Pleistocene di Toscana e Calabria) e Crisilla gagliniae (Amati, 1985) (attuale, originariamente descritta dalla Sicilia orientale) rappresentino in realtà una sola specie. Per priorità, Crisilla gagliniaeè il nome da usare per tale specie.
Parole chiave
Gastropoda; Rissoidae, fossile; attuale; Pliocene; Pleistocene; Mediterraneo; Italia; sinonimia.
Sulla base delle somiglianze nella morfologia conchiliare, si propone che Alvania pluricosticillata Chirli & Forli, 2021 (fossile, descritta recentemente dal Plio-Pleistocene di Toscana e Calabria) e Crisilla gagliniae (Amati, 1985) (attuale, originariamente descritta dalla Sicilia orientale) rappresentino in realtà una sola specie. Per priorità, Crisilla gagliniaeè il nome da usare per tale specie.
Parole chiave
Gastropoda; Rissoidae, fossile; attuale; Pliocene; Pleistocene; Mediterraneo; Italia; sinonimia.