Viviparus deleeuwi, Neubauer & Harzhauser & Georgopoulou & Mandic & Kroh, 2014

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 : 455

Viviparus deleeuwi nom. nov.

Viviparus muscelensis Lubenescu & Zazuleac 1985: 104 , pl. 28, figs 1–4, 6 [non Vivipara (Tylotoma) muscelensis Stefanescu, 1897 ].

Etymology. In honor of Arjan de Leeuw (CASP, Cambridge), specialist for the stratigraphy of the Dacian Basin.

Type locality. Voineşti, Dâmboviţa, Romania.

Age. Lower Dacian (= Getian, middle Zanclean).

Holotype. Institut de Géologie et Géophysique , Bucharest, coll. no. 17050.

Discussion. In this particular case the rule of "difference in spelling of generic names" ( ICZN 1999, Article 57.5) applies: Vivipara as given by Stefanescu (1897) represents an incorrect subsequent spelling of Viviparus Montfort, 1810 ( Melville & Smith 1987, p. 185). The species is thus a primary homonym of Viviparus muscelensis ( Stefanescu, 1897) and needed a replacement name (see also Wenz 1928, p. 2345).