Cerithium lemniscatum, Brongniart, 1823

Harzhauser, Mathias, Guzhov, Aleksandr & Landau, Bernard, 2023, A revision and nomenclator of the Cainozoic mudwhelks (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Batillariidae, Potamididae) of the Paratethys Sea (Europe, Asia), Zootaxa 5272 (1), pp. 1-241 : 187-188

lemniscatum . Cerithium . auctores [non Brongniart, 1823]

see Mesohalina margaritacea ( Brocchi, 1814)

Discussion. It is very unlikely that the specimen from the Ukrainian Miocene is conspecific with Cerithium lemniscatum Brongniart, 1823 , which was described from the Bartonian (Eocene) of Italy (syntype MNHN.F.J03877, stored in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France). Most probably, Pusch (1837) had a Mesohalina margaritacea ( Brocchi, 1814) at hand, which is reminiscent of the Eocene species. Mesohalina margaritacea , however, does not occur in the Middle Miocene of the Ukraine but is abundant in all collections due to exchange. Thus, this record seems to represent a misplacement, which was not unusual in the collection of Pusch [see also the erroneous record of Campanile giganteum (hoc opus) and of a recent Tridacna (see Harzhauser et al. 2008)].

Central Paratethys. Polish-Ukrainian Fore-Carpathian Basin: Mentioned by Pusch (1837: 149) from

“Kitaygrod” (= Kytaigorod in Khmel'nytskyi Region, Ukraine).