Terebra hungarica Halaváts, 1884

Harzhauser, Mathias & Landau, Bernard M., 2023, The auger snails (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Terebridae) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea, Zootaxa 5385 (1), pp. 1-70 : 58

Terebra hungarica Halaváts, 1884

= Tiarapirenella [ Batillariidae ]

* Terebra (Acus) hungarica nov. form. — Halaváts 1884: 180, pl. 4, fig. 6.

Terebra hungarica Halav. — Strausz 1954: 37.

Terebra (Acus) hungarica Halaváts —Kecskeméti-Körmendy 1962: 95, pl. 11, figs 17–25.

Terebra (Hastula) hungarica Halaváts, 1884 — Strausz 1966: 396, pl. 5, figs 19–21, 23.

Terebra (Hastula) hungarica Halaváts — Csepreghy-Meznerics 1972: 34, pl. 18, fig. 9.

Terebra hungarica Halaváts 1884 — Bohn-Havas 1973: 1127, pl. 8, figs 15–18, pl. 10, figs 4–6.

Discussion. The specimens illustrated by Bohn-Havas (1973) are characterized by an intense color pattern, which is typical for the Batillariidae Tiarapirenella . The shells described by Halaváts (1884), Kecskeméti-Körmendy (1962) Strausz (1966), Csepreghy-Meznerics (1972) and Bohn-Havas (1973) represent specimens with strongly reduced sculpture and agree well with specimens of T. bicincta from the Tortonian of Cessaniti ( Italy) (see Harzhauser et al. 2023: figs 27I–J). Terebra hungarica is a junior subjective synomym of Tiarapirenella bicincta . Terebra hungarica Halaváts, 1884 was overlooked by Harzhauser et al. (2023) in their review of Paratethyan Potamididae and Batillariidae , and we correct this lapsus herein.

Distribution in Central Paratethys. Pannonian Basin: Pécsszabolcs, Várpalota ( Hungary) ( Bohn-Havas 1973); Cserhát Mountains: Mátraverebély ( Hungary) ( Csepreghy-Meznerics 1954); Bükk Mountains: Bóta ( Hungary) ( Csepreghy-Meznerics 1972).