Cerithium carum

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 : 171

carum . Cerithium . A.A. Ali-Zade & Petrova in Ali-Zade, 1969

see Potamides caspius Andrussow, 1902

* Cerithium carum A. Ali-Zade et Petrova n. sp. —A.A. Ali-Zade 1969: 148, pl. 46, fig. 10.

Type material. Holotype, illustrated in A.A. Ali-Zade (1969: pl. 46, fig. 10), SL: 8.5 mm, MD: 5.1 mm, Earth Science Museum at Moscow State University ( The Museum of Natural History ).

Type locality. Palantekyan Mountain Ridge ( Azerbaijan) .

Stratigraphy. Late Pliocene/Pleistocene, Akchagylian.

Discussion. The only available specimen is a spire fragment showing prominent beads on the adsutural spiral cords and a narrow central spiral cord. It is close to the eldaricus -morph of Potamides caspius .

Eastern Paratethys. Akchagylian (Late Pliocene/Pleistocene): Caspian Basin: Palantekyan Mountain Ridge ( Azerbaijan) (A.A. Ali-Zade 1969).