Taxon classification Animalia ORDO FAMILIA

Micromelania ramacanensis nom. n.

Micromelania sp. Brusina: pl. 7, figs 59-60.

Micromelania Brusinai Pavlović, 1927: 96 [non Micromelania brusinai Andrusov, 1905].

Etymology.

Named after the type locality.

Type locality.

Ripanj, Ramača hamlet (also read Ramaća), Serbia.

Age.

Late Miocene (Early-Middle Pannonian; Pavlović 1927).

Syntypes.

Brusina (1902, pl. 7, figs 59-60); Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, no number indicated (Milan et al. 1974).

Discussion.

This is a classic case of a primary homonym requiring a replacement name according to ICZN (1999, Article 57.2). Micromelania brusinai Andrusov, 1905 from the Maeotian of the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine, is currently considered synonymous with Micromelania gorianovici Andrusov, 1897 (Davitashvili 1931, p. 27). The latter name was introduced as nomen novum by Andrusov (1897, p. 431) for the primary homonym Micromelania striata Andrusov, 1890 non Gorjanović-Kramberger 1890.