Mitridae (Huang, 2011)

Harzhauser, Mathias & Landau, Bernard, 2021, The Mitridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea, Zootaxa 4983 (3), pp. 1-72 : 63

Problematic Paratethyan Mitridae species

“ Mitra ” austriaca Mayer-Eymar, 1898 species inquirenda

“ Mitra ” vindobonensis Mayer-Eymar, 1898 species inquirenda

M.[itra] austriaca — Mayer-Eymar 1898: 83.

M.[itra] Vindobonensis – Mayer-Eymar 1898: 83.

Discussion. Mitra austriaca and Mitra vindobonensis were introduced by Mayer-Eymar (1898) as a passing remark and somewhat misplaced in a paper on Quaternary molluscs from Egypt, in which he discussed Cancilla alligata (Defrance in Blainville, 1825) and related species from the European Neogene. Mayer-Eymar (1898: 83) described Mitra austriaca as a common large form from Baden ( Austria) characterised by “ a longer, more acute spire with flattened whorls and a last whorl with somewhat longer back ” (compared to M. alligata ), and he described Mitra vindobonensis as “ common, smaller form from Bad Vöslau ” ( Austria) characterised by “ a short, slightly gradate spire with long last whorl with short, smooth back ” (text is somewhat ambiguous and the comparison refers either to M. alligata or to M. austriaca ). The species were neither illustrated nor defined by type specimens. Therefore, their status is unclear.

‘ Mitra ’ haidingeri Hörnes 1848

[ Mitra ] haidingeri Hörnes— Hörnes 1848: 17 [nomen nudum].

Discussion. This name was listed by Hörnes (1848) without description or illustration, and is therefore a nomen nudum. It is unclear under which name this species was later described.