Cerithium constantiae, Stefanescu, 1897

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 : 173

constantiae . Cerithium . Stefanescu, 1897

see Potamides taitboutii (d’Orbigny, 1844)

* Cerithium Constantiae Sabba —Stefanescu 1897: 310, pl. 8, figs 1–7.

Type material. Lectotype designated herein: specimen illustrated in Stefanescu (1897: pl. 8, fig. 4), SL: 22 mm, MD: 8.5 mm. We are not aware of the whereabouts of the type specimens.

Type locality. Coada-Malului ( Romania) .

Stratigraphy. Late Miocene, early Maeotian.

Discussion. This species is treated herein as subjective junior synonym of Potamides taitboutii (d’Orbigny, 1844) . Type locality was dated firstly as late Sarmatian (Stefanescu 1897), but later was corrected to early Maeotian ( Wenz 1942).

Eastern Paratethys. Early Maeotian (Late Miocene): Dacian Basin: Coada-Malului ( Romania).