Turricaspia turricula

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 : 93

Turricaspia turricula (Clessin & Dybowski in Dybowski, 1887)

*1887 Micromelania turricula Clessin & Dybowski in Dybowski: 34.

1888 [ Micromelania ] turricula n. sp. - Dybowski: 78, pl. 1, fig. 3 a–c.

2006 Turricaspia turricula (Clessin & W. Dybowski in W. Dybowski, 1888). - Kantor and Sysoev: 111, pl. 49, fig. I.

2016 Turricaspia turricula (Clessin & W. Dybowski in W. Dybowski, 1888). - Vinarski and Kantor: 244.

Status. Accepted Pontocaspian species.

Type locality. Caspian Sea (no details).

Distribution. Middle and southern Caspian Sea. This species was mentioned from depths between 200 and 500 m in the South Caspian Basin of Azerbaijan ( Mirzoev and Alekperov 2017).

Taxonomic notes. The species is characterised by a slender conical shell with weakly convex whorls with weak subsutural swelling and a slightly inflated body whorl with large aperture.

Conservation status. Not assessed.