Potamides elegantus, Barg, 2023

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 : 178

elegantus . Potamides . Barg, 1966

see Potamides taitboutii (d’Orbigny, 1844)

* Potamides elegantus Barg sp. nov. — Barg 1966: 69, pl. 2, figs 5–6.

Type material. Syntypes, SEIG DNU ( Scientific Exploring Institute of Geology , Oles Gonchar Dnieper National University) No. 2/4587, SL: 5 mm, MD: 2 mm .

Type locality. Yagorlyts'kyi Kut peninsula (location of former fishing village Svobodnyi Port) ( Ukraine) .

Stratigraphy. Late Miocene, early Maeotian.

Discussion. This species was established by Barg (1966) for morphs of Potamides disjunctoides (Sinzow, 1897) with weak sculpture and was synonymized with P. disjunctoides [= P. taitboutii (d’Orbigny, 1844) ] already by Roshka (1973).

Eastern Paratethys. Early Maeotian (Late Miocene): Yagorlyts'kyi Kut peninsula (Kherson Region, Ukraine).