Cerithium pentastichus, Quenstedt, 1884

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 : 198

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pentastichus . Cerithium . Quenstedt, 1884

see Tiaracerithium pictum (de Basterot, 1825)

* [ Cerithium pictum View in CoL ] pentastichus —Quenstedt 1884: 501, pl. 204, figs 86–91.

Type material. Syntypes, Institut f̧r Geowissenschaften of the Eberhard Karls Universität Ţbingen.

Type locality. Absdorf at Svitavy ( Czech Republic) .

Stratigraphy. Middle Miocene, Sarmatian (Volhynian).

Discussion. Quenstedt (1884) united various morphs of Tiaracerithium pictum in this taxon, ranging from stocky shells with reduced sculpture (figs 87, 90) to slender shells with several beaded spiral cords (fig. 91).

Central Paratethys. Sarmatian, Volhynian (Middle Miocene): North Alpine Foreland Basin: Absdorf at Svitavy ( Czech Republic) (Quenstedt 1884).