Pollonera Xerosecta cespitum BullSocMalacItal V18T1

Description:

Description: English: Two views of a shell labelled as Xerophilia cespitum var mauriciencis Pollonera from Porto Maurizio. This species is now called Xerosecta cespitum. From Biodiversity-Heritage-Library scan of Plate 1 of Pollonera, C. (1893). "Studi sulle Xerophila. I. Le X. cespitum e Terveri e forme intermedie". Bollettino della Società Malacologica Italiana 18 (1-3): 7–46+ pl. 1–2. The figure caption appears on page 46 (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39305083). The plate was drawn by the author Carlo Pollonera, a renowned Italian artist as well as a malacologist. Date: 1893. Source: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39305508. Author: Carlo Pollonera.