Cerithium ebersini, Harzhauser & Guzhov & Landau, 2023

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 : 177

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

see Potamides caspius Andrussow, 1902

* Cerithium ebersini nov. sp. —A.A. Ali-Zade 1967: 204, pl. 75, figs 7–8.

Type material. A.A. Ali-Zade (1967) mentioned a holotype but is unclear, which of the illustrated specimens is the holotype; illustrated specimen: 7.7 mm, MD: 3.0 mm. Earth Science Museum at Moscow State University ( The Museum of Natural History ) .

Type locality. Danata ( Turkmenistan) .

Stratigraphy. Late Pliocene/Pleistocene, Akchagylian.

Discussion. The specimens represent a morph of Potamides caspius with reduced spiral sculpture and delicate axial ribs.

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