Melanopsis haueri ripanjensis, Neubauer, Thomas A., Harzhauser, Mathias, Kroh, Andreas, Elisavet, Georgopoulou & Mandic, Oleg, 2014

Neubauer, Thomas A., Harzhauser, Mathias, Kroh, Andreas, Elisavet, Georgopoulou & Mandic, Oleg, 2014, Replacement names and nomenclatural comments for problematic species-group names in Europe's Neogene freshwater Gastropoda. Part 2, ZooKeys 429, pp. 13-46 : 15-16

Taxon classification Animalia ORDO FAMILIA

Melanopsis haueri ripanjensis nom. n.

Melanopsis austriaca serbica Brusina, 1902: pl. 6, figs 73-74 [non Melanopsis serbica Brusina, 1893].

Melanopsis haueri serbica Brusina; Wenz 1929a: 2743 [non Brusina 1893].

Etymology.

Named after the type locality.

Type locality.

Ripanj, Serbia.

Age.

Late Miocene (Early-Middle Pannonian; Pavlović 1927).

Syntypes.

Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, coll. no. 2530-176/1-2 ( Milan et al. 1974, p. 86).

Discussion.

Obviously unaware of the fact that also subspecific or variety names can constitute homonyms, Brusina (1902) introduced Melanopsis austriaca serbica from the Early Pannonian of Serbia, although this name was already preoccupied by another species described by himself, Melanopsis serbica Brusina, 1893 (p. 50). The latter species was also described from the Early Pannonian of Serbia (locality Begaljica, c. 15 km E Ripanj), but clearly represents a different taxon as evident from Brusina's descriptions and illustrations. Here we follow the taxonomic decision of Wenz (1929a), who synonymized Melanopsis austriaca Handmann, 1882 with Melanopsis haueri Handmann, 1882 (both from the Kottingbrunn, Austria) and consequently ranked the here discussed taxon as subspecies of Melanopsis haueri . Melanopsis haueri serbica can be distinguished from Melanopsis haueri haueri in its distinctly stronger spruce-like outline.