Based on shell characters, a new taxon belonging to the subfamily Granunilinae Coovert & Coovert, 1995, is here described from the Mediterranean Sea as Granulina lapernai spec. nov. All material originates from a restricted area near the Strait of Messina. This new species, represented by 26 specimens, including six subadults, was compared with type material of Granulina guttula La Perna,1999, and of Gibberulina occulta Monterosato, 1869.

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Carlo Smriglio, & Paolo Mariotinni. (2013). Description of Granulina lapernai spec. nov. (Gastropoda, Marginellidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Basteria, 77(1/3), 23–28.