Potamides taribanicus, K. A. Ali-Zade, 1940

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 : 212

taribanicus . Potamides . K.A. Ali-Zade, 1940

see Potamides caspius Andrussow, 1902

* Potamides taribanicus n. sp. —K.A. Ali-Zade 1940: 35, pl. 1, figs 1–3.

Type material. Lectotype designated herein, SL: 24.5 mm, MD: 8.1 mm. Earth Science Museum at Moscow State University (The Museum of Natural History). No holotype was designated by Ali-Zade (1940) and although Ali-Zade (1969: 145) mentioned a lectotype, het did not define a specimen.

Type locality. Taribani Steppe area ( Georgia) .

Stratigraphy. Late Pliocene/Pleistocene, Akchagylian.

Discussion. A slender variant of the eldaricus morph of Potamides caspius , with subcylindrical teleoconch whorls, weakly incised suture, and prominent spiral cords.

Eastern Paratethys. Akchagylian (Late Pliocene/Pleistocene): Caspian Basin: Taribani Steppe area ( Georgia), Kudbarekdag Mountain Ridge, Naftalan, Palantekyan Mountain Ridge, Qaladərəsi Mountain Ridge, ( Azerbaijan) ( Ali-Zade 1954, 1969).