Types of species nominally belonging to the family Fasciolariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) described by C. M. Tapparone-Canefri and housed in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Genoa, Italy are examined and figured. Of nine type lots represented, six represent fasciolariids, two are buccinids and one is a muricid. Lectotypes are selected for Fusus bruijnii Tapparone-Canefri, 1876, Latirus carotianus Tapparone-Canefri, 1880, Peristernia castanoleuca Tapparone-Canefri, 1879, Latirus concinnus Tapparone-Canefri, 1880, Latirus forskalii Tapparone-Canefri, 1875, Latirus scabrosus var. nigritellus Tapparone-Canefri, 1882, Peristernia elegans var. papuensis Tapparone-Canefri, 1879 and Latirus fischerianus Tapparone-Canefri, 1882.
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1 October 2010
Tapparone-Canefri's Type Material of Fasciolariid Gastropoda (Mollusca) at the Genoa Natural History Museum
Martin Avery Snyder,
Paul Callomon
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