Replacement names and nomenclatural comments for problematic species-group names in Europe's Neogene freshwater Gastropoda. Part 2
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Neubauer, Thomas A.
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Harzhauser, Mathias
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Kroh, Andreas
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Elisavet, Georgopoulou
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Mandic, Oleg
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Taxon classification Animalia ORDO FAMILIA
Gyraulus vrapceanus
nom. n.
Planorbis dubius
Gorjanovic-Kramberger
, 1890: 156, pl. 6, fig. 6 [non
Planorbis dubius
Hartmann, 1844].
Gyraulus (Gyraulus) dubius
(
Gorjanovic-Kramberger
);
Wenz 1923c
: 1552 [non
Hartmann 1844
].
Etymology.
Named after the type locality.
Type locality.
Vrapce
(also read as
Vrabce
; today within the city limits of Zagreb), Croatia.
Age.
Late Miocene (Early Pannonian, Slavonian).
Syntype.
Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, coll. no. 5195-360/2 (
Milan et al. 1974
, p. 119).
Discussion.
The name
Planorbis dubius
was first used by
Hartmann (1821
, p. 254) for an extant species from Zurich region in Switzerland. The name is not available from this publication, since Hartmann did not give a description or indication (see also
AnimalBase project 2005-2014
). He first described and thus formally introduced it in
Hartmann (1844
, p. 111). Today its status is disputed.
Gloeer
(2002
, p. 253) ranked it as forma within
Planorbis carinatus
Mueller
, 1774. Later,
Gloeer
and
Pesic
(2010)
stated that Hartmann's material contained two different taxa, i.e.
Planorbis planorbis
and
Planorbis carinatus
, making
Planorbis dubius
a junior synonym of both. Finally,
Kantor et al. (2010)
listed it as accepted species in their catalogue of Russian continental mollusks. In summary, although the status of the extant species is doubtful, the name is available. This makes
Planorbis dubius
Gorjanovic-Kramberger
, 1890 a primary homonym of
Planorbis dubius
Hartmann, 1844. Here follow
Wenz (1923c)
and classify the replacement name within
Gyraulus
.