Micromelania ramacanensis, 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 : 17

Taxon classification Animalia ORDO FAMILIA

Micromelania ramacanensis nom. n.

Micromelania sp. Brusina: pl. 7, figs 59-60.

Micromelania Brusinai Pavlović, 1927: 96 [non Micromelania brusinai Andrusov, 1905].

Etymology.

Named after the type locality.

Type locality.

Ripanj, Ramača hamlet (also read Ramaća), Serbia.

Age.

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

Syntypes.

Brusina (1902, pl. 7, figs 59-60); Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, no number indicated ( Milan et al. 1974).

Discussion.

This is a classic case of a primary homonym requiring a replacement name according to ICZN (1999, Article 57.2). Micromelania brusinai Andrusov, 1905 from the Maeotian of the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine, is currently considered synonymous with Micromelania gorianovici Andrusov, 1897 ( Davitashvili 1931, p. 27). The latter name was introduced as nomen novum by Andrusov (1897, p. 431) for the primary homonym Micromelania striata Andrusov, 1890 non Gorjanović-Kramberger 1890.