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Clausilia confinata, Westerlund, 1884: 46 - Mare- ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION. L. Pfeiffer (1856): “T.
timo bei Sicilien rimata, fusiformis, truncata, solida, confertim plicato-
costulata, purpurascenti-fusca; spira ventrosa,
Clausilia (Siciliaria) confinata, Monterosato, 1892: sublate decollata; sutura albo-papillata; anfr.
28 - Isola di Maretimo superst. 7 1/2 convexiusculi, ultimus basi breviter
cristatus; apertura piriformis; lamella supera
Clausilia (Siciliaria) confinata, Westerlund, 1892: 48 exigua, marginem non attingens, infera valida,
Clausilia (Siciliaria) confinata, Westerlund, 1901: arcuatim ascendens; lunella distincta, angusta,
flexuosa; plicae palatales 3, suprema elongata,
39–40, 180 - I. Maretimo secunda brevior, antice callosa, tertia infera, sub-
Delima (Siciliaria) scarificata, Wagner, 1924: 124 columellari parallela; perist. hepaticum, con-
tinuum, breviter solutum, undique expansum et re-
- Insel Maretimo im w. Von Sizilien flexiusculum. - Long, (trunc.) 17, diam. 5 mill. Ap.
Clausilia (Siciliaria) confinata, Sacchi, 1955: 23 5 mill. longa, 4 lata”.
Siciliaria confinata, Sacchi, 1956: 8–9
Siciliaria confinata, Sacchi, 1957: 673 DIAGNOSIS. Terrestrial pulmonate snail with
Delima (Siciliaria) confinata, Alzona, 1971: 91, shell sinistral, fusiform, brown-purplish in color;
aperture with five lamellae (on parietum and
sectio Siciliaria - Is. Marettimo columellar side) and lunella and five plicae (on
Siciliaria (Siciliaria) scarificata, Nordsieck, 1979: palatum); in particular high columellar (lower
parietal) lamella, ascending in a double “S” curve;
259 a wide anterior upper palatal plica; long basal plica;
Siciliaria (Siciliaria) scarificata, Manganelli et al., short sulcalis; genitalia are characterized by very
short bursa copulatrix duct, short diverticulum of
1995: 24, 47 - Isola di Marettimo (Egadi) bursa copulatrix; penial papilla conic and short.
Charpentieria (Siciliaria) scarificata, Nordsieck,
DESCRIPTION (Figs. 7–14). Shell sinistral, fusi-
2002: 33–34 form, elongated, generally decollated, rather thick
Charpentieria (Siciliaria) scarificata, Beckmann, and robust, brown-purplish in color, with apertural
margin light brownish; obtuse apex; external sur-
2004: 186, 188 - Insel Maréttimo face with transverse ribs, 8.5 ribs per 2 mm of the
Siciliaria scarificata, Fiorentino et al., 2004 - penultimate whorl (10 specimens); spire with 9–10
slightly convex whorls (7 in decollate shells),
Marettimo slowly and regularly growing; sutures shallow, with
Charpentieria (Siciliaria) scarificata, Nordsieck, slightly evident papillae (papillae more numerous
along sutures from level with first 3–7 whorls);
2007: 54 basal keel little distinct; umbilicus closed; aperture
Charpentieria (Siciliaria) scarificata, Bank, 2011: oval, with five lamellae (on parietum and columel-
lar side) and lunella and five plicae (on palatum).
23 - Sicily On palatum there is a short lunella and starting from
Siciliaria scarificata, Welter-Shultes, 2012: 342 - suture: a thin sutural plica very close to suture; a
well raised principal plica; a wide anterior upper pal-
S. Italy, Marettimo island atal plica, separated from or connected with upper
Siciliaria (Siciliaria) scarificata, Nordsieck, 2013: palatal plica; long basal plica, internal beginning of
which is joined to the base of lunella; a short sul-
1–14 calis (Figs. 15, 16). A relatively conspicuous callos-
ity on the upper external border of palatum
TYPE LOCALITY. Marettimo (Egadi Islands, embedding external apexes of upper palatal plica
Sicily, Italy). This species was comunicated by the and principal plica. On parietum, starting from su-
naturalist Luigi Benoit to L. Pfeiffer who published ture; there are: parallel lamella very thin or absent;
the first valid description reporting its distribution non emergent spiral lamella in the centre of pari-
as “Habitat in Sicilia” (L. Pfeiffer, 1856).
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Italy, Sicily, Favignana,
Island of Marettimo (Egadi Islands), Punta Troia,
50 m, VIII.1997, 3 shells (RC); idem, Case
Romane, 200 m, VI.2005, 23 shells (RC); idem,
VI.2005, 4 shells (RC); idem, from Case Romane
to Monte Falcone 300–680 m, 30.V.2010, 11 spe-
cimens, 60 shells, (LC 8021–8096); idem,
VI.2005, 3 shells (MNMP); idem, contrada Pelosa,
60 m, 30.V.2010, 16 specimens and 42 shells (SC);
idem, Case Romane, 200 m, 30.V.2010, 18 shells
(SC).
