apoda, Bellottia Giglioli [E. H.] 1883:399 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 6 (no. 144); ref. 1619] Gulf of Naples, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Lectotype: MZUF 5668 [ex MZUF 2176]. Paralectotypes: (4) MZUF 5669 (1). Type catalog: Vanni 1991:224 [ref. 20099]. Lectotype selected by Nielsen & Cohen 1968:102 [ref. 21835]. •Valid as Bellottia apoda Giglioli 1883 -- (Nielsen & Cohen 1968:99 [ref. 21835], Nielsen 1973:549 [ref. 6885], Nielsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1153 [ref. 13677], Nielsen 1990:574 [ref. 16246], De Ranieri & Sbrana 1992:177 [ref. 22393], Gramitto & Coen 1997:163 [ref. 23096], Nielsen & Cohen in Nielsen et al. 1999:97 [ref. 24448], Kaya & Bilecenoğlu 2000:567 [ref. 25011], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:55 [ref. 26753], Nielsen 2003:974 [ref. 27009], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:18 [ref. 28815] [is robusta], Garrido-Linares & Acero P. 2006:289 [ref. 28946], Fricke et al. 2007:66 [ref. 29533], Nielsen & Møller 2008:34 [ref. 29803], Nielsen et al. 2009:53 [ref. 30092], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:32 [ref. 36649], Fernández-Zapico et al. 2013:195 [ref. 32657], Goren & Galil 2015:510 [ref. 33910], Møller et al. 2016:Appendix A [ref. 34432] in Bythitidae, Nielsen 2016:1954 [ref. 34583], Carneiro et al. 2019:160 [ref. 37250], Kovačić et al. 2020:20 [ref. 37519], Kovačić et al. 2021:32 [ref. 39014], Domenichetti et al. in Digenis et al. 2024:101 [ref. 40958]). Current status: Valid as Bellottia apoda Giglioli 1883. Bythitidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Ireland (Porcupine Bank) south to Portugal, including Madeira. Habitat: marine.