Turricaspia dagestanica

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 : 83

Turricaspia dagestanica (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969)

*1969 Pyrgula (Turricaspia) dagestanica Logvinenko & Starobogatov: 361, fig. 360(3).

2016 Turricaspia dagestanica (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968). - Vinarski and Kantor: 247.

Status. Pontocaspian species, identity uncertain.

Type locality. Western shore of the middle Caspian Sea.

Distribution. Middle and south Basin of Caspian Sea. 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 status of this species is highly uncertain. The illustrations of Logvinenko and Starobogatov (1969) show a slightly distorted shell with weakly convex whorls and a thin line below the suture. We are uncertain whether it might concern a growth aberration of a more common species.

Conservation status. Data Deficient ( Vinarski 2011r).