Viviparus stevanovici, Neubauer, Thomas A., Harzhauser, Mathias, Kroh, Andreas, Elisavet, Georgopoulou & Mandic, Oleg, 2014

Neubauer, Thomas A., Harzhauser, Mathias, Kroh, Andreas, Elisavet, Georgopoulou & Mandic, Oleg, 2014, Replacement names and nomenclatural comments for problematic species-group names in Europe's Neogene freshwater Gastropoda. Part 2, ZooKeys 429, pp. 13-46 : 15

Taxon classification Animalia ORDO FAMILIA

Viviparus stevanovici nom. n.

Viviparus elongatus Stevanović, 1978: 325, pl. 5, figs 1-3 [non Paludina elongata d'Orbigny, 1837].

Viviparus elongatus Stevanović; Stevanović 1990: 501, pl. 14, figs 9-10 [non d'Orbigny 1837].

Etymology.

In honor of Petar M. Stevanović (Belgrade), who greatly contributed to our knowledge of the mollusc fauna and biostratigraphy of the Late Miocene of Serbia.

Type locality.

Kostolac opencast mine, Serbia.

Age.

Late Miocene to Early Pliocene (Late Pannonian, Late Portaferrian).

Holotype.

Natural History Museum, Belgrade, coll. no. 5683.

Discussion.

Since Paludina Férussac, 1812 is a junior objective synonym of Viviparus Montfort, 1810 ( ICZN 1959, Op. 573), this species is a primary homonym of the Late Eocene Viviparus elongatus (d'Orbigny, 1837) from the Paris Basin and needs a nomen novum. The Eocene species has been synonymized with the co-occurring Hydrobia pyramidalis ( Férussac, 1814) by Sandberger (1873, p. 266), a decision followed by Wenz (1926, p. 1968).