Muellerpalia pseudovalvatoides, 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 : 20

Taxon classification Animalia ORDO FAMILIA

Muellerpalia pseudovalvatoides nom. n.

Valvata carinata Fuchs, 1870 in Fuchs 1870b: 535, pl. 21, figs 10-12 [non Valvata carinata Sowerby, 1834].

Valvata (Valvata) carinata Fuchs; Wenz 1928a: 2465 [non Sowerby 1834].

Valvata (Valvata) carinata Fuchs, 1870; Gillet and Marinescu 1971: 47, pl. 19, figs 10-12 [non Sowerby 1834].

Muellerpalia bicincta (Fuchs, 1870); Bandel 2010: 103, pl. 7, figs 82-85 [non Planorbis bicincta Fuchs, 1870 in Fuchs 1870b].

Etymology.

To denote that it is despite its similar shape not a member of the genus Valvata .

Type locality.

Tihany at Lake Balaton, Veszprém, Hungary.

Age.

Late Miocene (Late Pannonian, Transdanubian sensu Sacchi and Horváth 2002; Sztanó et al. 2013).

Type material.

According to the inventory books of the Natural History Museum Vienna the material should be stored there, but despite great effort it could not be located.

Discussion.

Up to now it has been overlooked by several authors, including ourselves ( Neubauer et al. 2014), that this species is a primary homonym of Valvata carinata Sowerby, 1834 (see also Haszprunar 2014, p. 28). According to Bandel (2010, p. 104) this species should be classified within the new hydrobiid genus Muellerpalia , particularly because of its strongly different protoconch sculpture. This systematic concept is followed herein. For a more detailed discussion about the involved taxa and the species confusions in Bandel (2010) see Neubauer et al. (2014).