Viviparus dezmanianus turbureensis Fontannes, 1887

Neubauer, Thomas A., Harzhauser, Mathias, Georgopoulou, Elisavet, Mandic, Oleg & Kroh, Andreas, 2014, Replacement names and nomenclatural comments for problematic species-group names in Europe's Neogene freshwater Gastropoda, Zootaxa 3785 (3), pp. 453-468 : 459

Viviparus dezmanianus turbureensis Fontannes, 1887

[ Vivipara Dezmaniana, Brusina ] Var. Turbureensis Fontannes 1887: 342, pl. 26, fig. 36.

Viviparus dezmanianus dacicus Lubenescu & Zazuleac 1985: 115 , pl. 31, figs 15–27.

Type locality. Moreni, Dâmboviţa, Romania.

Age. Lower Romanian (= Sienisian, upper Zanclean)

Holotype. Institut de Géologie et Géophysique , Bucharest, coll. no. 17074.

Discussion. When introducing the new name V. dezmanianus dacicus, Lubenescu & Zazuleac (1985) included the record " Vivipara dezmaniana Fontannes (non Brusina)" in the synonymy list. Although they did not discuss it, they obviously wanted to denote that Fontannes's identification was wrong and his specimens do not represent V. dezmanianus Brusina, 1874 , but another taxon—the one they newly introduced. Apparently they overlooked that Fontannes (1887, p. 342) did not refer to V. dezmanianus but actually introduced a new variety. Lubenescu & Zazuleac (1985) might have been misled by the species heading, saying " Vivipara dezmaniana, Brusina ", followed by several citations of other works mentioning this species. In the end of this confusing synonymy list Fontannes, however, clearly stated " Var. Turbureensis, Fontannes" (also mentioned like this in the figure captions). This taxon was illustrated and properly described in the following passage and thus is available. Hence, Lubenescu & Zazuleac (1985) introduced a new name for an already existing and described subspecies. As both names ( dacicus and turbureensis) are based on different objects, they are not objective synonyms and both names are available. However, the taxonomic decision by Lubenescu & Zazuleac (1985) to synonymize the record of Fontannes is maintained. Following ICZN rules, Viviparus dezmanianus dacicus Lubenescu & Zazuleac, 1985 thus needs to be referred to as a junior synonym of Viviparus dezmanianus turbureensis Fontannes, 1887 .