Turricaspia pulla

Wesselingh, Frank, Poorten, Jan Johan ter, Kijashko, Pavel, Albrecht, Christian, Anistratenko, Olga Yu, Frolov, Pavel, Gándara, Alberto Martinez, Gittenberger, Arjan, Gogaladze, Aleksandre, Mikhail Karpinsky, Popa, Luis, Sands, Arthur F, Vandendorpe, Justine & Wilke, Thomas, 2019, Mollusc species from the Pontocaspian region - an expert opinion list, ZooKeys 827, pp. 31-124 : 90

Turricaspia pulla (Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915)

*1915 Micromelania (Turricaspia) caspia var. pulla Dybowski & Grochmalicki: 111, pl. 1, fig. 6a.

1969 Pyrgula [( Turricaspia )] pulla (Dyb. et Gr.). - Logvinenko and Starobogatov: 361-

362, fig. 360(8).

2006 Pyrgula pulla (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915). - Kantor and Sysoev: 102, pl. 46, fig. C.

2016 Pyrgula pulla (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915). - Vinarski and Kantor: 242.

2018 Turricaspia pulla (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915). - Neubauer et al.: 81-82, fig. 14 A–J.

Status. Accepted Pontocaspian species.

Type locality. Caspian Sea (no details).

Distribution. Endemic to the Caspian Sea, reported from the middle and southern Caspian Sea basins ( Logvinenko and Starobogatov 1969). This species was mentioned from depths between 200 and 300 m in the South Caspian Basin of Azerbaijan ( Mirzoev and Alekperov 2017).

Taxonomic notes. The species can be easily distinguished from other Turricaspia species based on its relatively broad shell, the low-convex whorls, and its small size ( Neubauer et al. 2018).

Conservation status. Data Deficient ( Vinarski 2011m).