Cerithium nefaris, Kolesnikov, 1935

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 : 194

nefaris . Cerithium . Kolesnikov, 1935

see Potamides taitboutii (d’Orbigny, 1844)

Type material. Lectotype designated herein: Nr 321/11126 (2871/339), SL: 18.8 mm, MD: 7.5 mm, illustrated in Kolesnikov (1935: pl. 28, fig. 35). TSNIGR Museum Saint-Petersburg (see also Romanovskaya et al. 1979).

Type locality. Letychiv ( Ukraine) .

Stratigraphy. Late Miocene, Sarmatian (Bessarabian).

Discussion. This taxon is based on a morph of Potamides taitboutii with strongly incised suture.

Eastern Paratethys. Sarmatian, Bessarabian (Late Miocene): Moldavian Platform: Letychiv (Khmel'nytskyi Region, Ukraine) ( Kolesnikov 1935), Bohotin, Capu-Dealului, IaȘi, Nigoteşti, Nisipurile de Buzdugana, Răducăneni, Repedea, Şcheia ( Romania) ( Cobălcescu 1883; Simionescu & Barbu 1940; Ionesi et al. 2005), Bujor, Chişinău, Coropceni ( Moldova) ( Simionescu & Barbu 1940); Dacian Basin: Boinitsa, Deleina, Perilovets ( Bulgaria) ( Kojumdgieva 1969).