Taxon classification Animalia ORDO FAMILIA

Lithoglyphus gozhiki nom. n.

Lithoglyphus maeoticus Gozhik in Gozhik and Datsenko 2007: 88, pl. 81, figs 1-3 [non Lithoglyphus maeoticus Papaianopol, 2006].

Etymology.

In honor of Piotr F. Gozhik (Kiev), who intensively studied the Neogene deposits of Ukraine and southern Russia.

Type locality.

Nizhniy Dnepr (= lower Dnieper), Ukraine.

Age.

Late Miocene (Early Maeotian, Oltenian).

Holotype.

Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, coll. no. 2174.

Discussion.

A classic case of a primary homonym. Probably as a result of prolonged publication times, Gozhik had no chance to become aware of this problem. However, the taxonomic status of Lithoglyphus maeoticus Papaianopol, 2006 from the Early Maeotian of the Dacian Basin is doubtful. It greatly resembles and might be a synonym of the Dacian species Lithoglyphus acutus Cobălcescu, 1883 (p. 145, pl. 14, fig. 10; see also Wenz 1942, p. 48, pl. 15, figs 195-198).