Segmentina mosbachensis, 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 : 25

Taxon classification Animalia ORDO FAMILIA

Segmentina mosbachensis nom. n.

Planorbis (Segmentina) micromphalus Sandberger, 1875: 777, pl. 33, figs 19-19c [non Planorbis micromphalus Fuchs, 1870 in Fuchs 1870a].

Planorbis nitidus Müll. var. micromphalus Sandb.; Rzehak 1888: 308 [non Fuchs 1870a].

Etymology.

Named after the type locality.

Type locality.

Mosbach, Hessen, Germany.

Age.

Early Pleistocene.

Type material.

No storage or types indicated.

Discussion.

The species name established by Sandberger is a primary homonym of Planorbis micromphalus Fuchs, 1870, although he was apparently aware of the existence of this name (compare Sandberger 1875, p. 700). Also Lőrenthey (1902, p. 190) knew about the identical naming and discussed the differences between both taxa, but did not take appropriate steps to clarify this problem. Fuchs' species was first described from the Pannonian of Rădmănești in Romania and has been recombined with Gyraulus by Wenz (1923c, p. 1562; see also Harzhauser et al. 2002, p. 106).