Cerithium aktschagylicum, A. A. Ali-Zade, 1967

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 : 165

aktschagylicum . Cerithium . A.A. Ali-Zade, 1967

see Potamides caspius Andrussow, 1902

* Cerithium aktschagylicum nov. sp. — Ali-Zade 1967: 202, pl. 74, figs 7–11.

Type material. Lectotype designated by Ali-Zade (1969: 142), SL: 6.8 mm, MD: 2.4 mm, illustrated in Ali-Zade (1967: pl. 74, fig. 7), Earth Science Museum at Moscow State University (The Museum of Natural History).

Type locality. Danata ( Turkmenistan). Note that Ali-Zade (1969) erroneously stated Naftalan ( Azerbaijan) as type locality .

Stratigraphy. Late Pliocene/Pleistocene, Akchagylian.

Discussion. This taxon is based on spire fragments of a slender morph of Potamides caspius with prominent beads.

Eastern Paratethys. Akchagylian (Late Pliocene/Pleistocene): Caspian Basin: Kazanbulag, Naftalan ( Azerbaijan) ( Ali-Zade 1969); Danata, Small Balkhan ( Turkmenistan) ( Ali-Zade 1967).