Document of bibliographic reference 396807

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An annotated type catalogue of the land and freshwater mollusks from Tunisia and Libya in the Natural History Museum “Giacomo Doria” of Genova (Italy)

Abstract

In the present work are listed the type specimens of land and freshwater molluscs from Tunisia and Libya deposited in the Natural History Museum “Giacomo Doria“ of Genova (Italy). The historical nucleus of the malacological collections of the Museum of Genova is made up of the material collected by the young Giacomo Doria. After the official creation of the Museum in 1867, the malacological collection increased considerably in number of species and im?portance also through the material collected in various scientific missions organized by the Museum around the world. After 1916, the director Raffaello Gestro reorganized all this ma?terial and began the cataloging and selection of the type species. Nineteen nominal species described by Arturo Issel, Laura Gambetta, Jole Bisacchi and Rolf Arthur Max Brandt have been traced in these malacological collections. The type series described (types and syntypes) but also the material coming from the description localities and collected by the author himself (sometimes referred to as “topotypes”) were examined. For each taxon, the collection data obtained from the labels, the current taxonomic classification, the photographic documenta?tion, remarks and the malacological bibliography are provided.

Bibliographic citation

Sparacio, I.; Liberto, F.; Abushaalam, N.; Tavano, M.; Poggi, R. (2024). An annotated type catalogue of the land and freshwater mollusks from Tunisia and Libya in the Natural History Museum “Giacomo Doria” of Genova (Italy). Biodiversity Journal 15(2): 327-346. https://dx.doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2024.15.2.327.346

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Fresh water

Terrestrial

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true

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open access

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