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bilicus markedly funnel-shaped. However, an exa- tinei Ben.". Subsequently, Westerlund (1889) re-de-
mination of genitalia can easily allow to distinguish scribes H. tineana from " Sicilien bei Calatafimi "
the two species that belong to distinct subgenera and adds to the variety kobeltiana the new var.
(Manganelli et al., 1996). mista with "Sicilien" as locus typicus.

REMARKS. Helix tineana was described by Be- Alzona (1971) ascribes “tineana” to the genus
noit (1862) for the surroundings of Calatafimi, Helicella Férussac, 1821 subgenus Xerotropis Mon-
"Pizzo di grasso " and dedicated to the then Director terosato, 1892 and considers the two varieties de-
of the Orto Botanico of Palermo, Vincenzo Tineo. scribed by Westerlund (1889) as valid subspecies.
Benoit (1857) provides, in addition to the detailed Neither Cossignani & Cossignani (1995) and Man-
description of the shell, also a comparative analysis ganelli et al. (1995) nor Bank (2012) report "Helix"
of “Helix” rugosa Lamark, 1822 and “Helix” tineana for, respectively, the Italian fauna and the
amanda Rossmässler, 1838, and draws the three European fauna.
species in table IV, figs. 24, 25, 29. In his later
works, Benoit (1875, 1882) reported this species ci- Despite repeated searches, we have not found
ting only the locus typicus. Other authors cited this this species in the locus typicus, Calatafimi. Howe-
species: Pfeiffer (1868), Kobelt (1875), Kobelt in ver, in Paulucci collection we saw a shell determi-
Rossmassler (1877), Tryon (1887). Westerlund ned as “Helix tineana” (MZUF GC/10825),
(1876) reports it indicating the locality "Sicilia" and collected in Calatafimi by a sicilian naturalist De
describes the variety kobeltiana on the basis of spe- Stefani, in 1868 (Figs. 53-56). This topopypic sam-
cimens received by Kobelt under the name " H. ple corresponds with Benoit’s original description
and even with the specimens we have sampled and
studied on Monte Cofano. The more southerly po-

Figure 90. Geographic distribution of C. tineana (circles) and C. rugosa (squares) in Sicily.