Cerithium nympha, Eichwald, 1851

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 : 196

nympha . Cerithium . Eichwald, 1851

see Tiaracerithium pictum (de Basterot, 1825)

C [erithium]. laevigatum m.— Eichwald 1830: 224 [non de Serres, 1827].

* Cerith [ium]. nympha m.— Eichwald 1851: 88, pl. 7, fig. 18.

Type material. Lectotype designated herein: ZI RAS 62413 , Zoological Institute , Russian Academy of Science, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, SL: 17.3 mm, MD: 4.8 mm.

Type locality. Zhukovitsi ( Ukraine) .

Stratigraphy. Middle Miocene, Badenian or Sarmatian (Volhynian).

Discussion. This species was originally introduced by Eichwald (1830) as Cerithium laevigatum . This name, however, was preoccupied by de Serres (1827: 414) and consequently Eichwald (1851) proposed Cerithium nympha as replacement name.

Central Paratethys. Badenian (Middle Miocene): Polish-Ukrainian Fore-Carpathian Basin: ravine Zhabyak near Dzvynyacha (Ternopil Region, Ukraine) ( Friedberg 1914);Badenian or Sarmatian, Volhynian: Polish-Ukrainian Fore-Carpathian Basin: Kuncha (Kmel'nytskyi Region), Zalistsi, Zhukivtsi (Ternopil Region, Ukraine) ( Eichwald 1853); Vienna Basin: Hauskirchen, Nexing ( Austria) ( Sieber 1937); Eisenstadt-Sopron Basin: Wiesen ( Austria) ( Sieber 1937); Sárrét Basin ( Hungary) ( Boda 1959); Pannonian Basin: Hidas, Márkó, Várpalota ( Hungary) ( Strausz 1966); Bükk Mountains: Borsodbóta ( Hungary) ( Csepreghy-Meznerics 1972)

Eastern Paratethys. Sarmatian, Volhynian (Middle Miocene): Dacian Basin: Kula, Krivodol ( Bulgaria) ( Kojumdgieva 1969); Moldavian Platform: Lupăria ( Moldova) ( Ionesi 2006), Şcheia, Hârtop, Repedea ( Romania) ( Simionescu & Barbu 1940).