Petitina Harzhauser & Landau, 2012

Harzhauser, Mathias & Landau, Bernard, 2012, A revision of the Neogene Cancellariid Gastropods of the Paratethys Sea 3472, Zootaxa 3472, pp. 1-71 : 35

Genus Petitina Harzhauser & Landau nov. nom.

= Inermia Korobkov, 1955 [non Inermia Poey, 1860]

Type species. Cancellaria inermis Pusch, 1837 by subsequent designation of Korobkov (1955). Middle Miocene , Poland .

Discussion. Cancellaria inermis Pusch, 1837 was selected as type species of the genus Inermia by Korobkov (1955) —a genus name that was already preoccupied for the fish genus Inermia Poey, 1860. This lapsus was recognised by Petit and Harasewych (2005) without designating a replacement name. Therefore, in honour of Richard E. Petit, we propose Petitina as new genus name for the preoccupied Inermia.