Fusus cinctus, Holzl

Harzhauser, Mathias, Landau, Bernard M. & Vermeij, Geerat J., 2024, The Dolicholatiridae and Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea, Zootaxa 5470 (1), pp. 1-92 : 71

‘Fusus’ cinctus Hölzl in Steininger, 1973 non Bellardi & Michelotti, 1840

* Fusus ( Fusinus ?) clavatus cinctus nov. subspec. —Hölzl in Steininger 1973: 429 [non

Fusus cinctus Bellardi & Michelotti, 1840 ].

Type material. The holotype was in the private collection of Otto Hölzl (1897–1977) and is now probably stored in the Landesamt für Umwelt in Hof ( Germany). We have not been able to trace the specimen, as no response came to our request .

Discussion. The name Fusus cinctus is preoccupied by Bellardi & Michelotti (1840) for a fasciolariid from the Italian Miocene. Therefore, the specimen from Bavaria needs a new name. Hölzl in Steininger (1973) did not illustrate this species and as we have not seen the type material, we refrain from introducing a replacement name.

Distribution in Central Paratethys. Ottnangian (Early Miocene): North Alpine Foreland Basin: Kaltenbachgraben ( Germany) ( Steininger 1973).