Potamides planum, Ossaulenko, 1936

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 : 199

planum . Potamides . Ossaulenko, 1936

see Potamides taitboutii (d’Orbigny, 1844)

* Potamides novorossicum Sinz. var. planum nov. var. — Ossaulenko 1936: 88, pl. 3, figs 9–10, 17.

Type material. Lectotype designated herein: specimen illustrated in Ossaulenko (1936: pl. 3, fig. 17); size not given. stored in the Geological Museum in Kiev ( Ukraine).

Type locality. Bila Krynytsya ( Ukraine) .

Stratigraphy. Late Miocene, early Maeotian.

Discussion. This name was established by Ossaulenko (1936) for specimens of Potamides taitboutii with moderately prominent spiral cords and largely reduced beads.

Eastern Paratethys. Early Maeotian (Late Miocene): Bila Krynytsya (Mykolaiv Region, Ukraine).