Laevicaspia lincta

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 : 78-79

Laevicaspia lincta (Milaschewitch, 1908)

*1908 Micromelania lincta Milaschewitch: 991.

?1966 P.[yrgula] (Caspiella) azovica Golikov and Starobogatov: 357, fig. 2(7).

?1966 P.[yrgula] (Caspiella) boltovskoji Golikov and Starobogatov: 357, fig. 2(4).

?1966 P.[yrgula] (Caspiella) crimeana Golikov and Starobogatov: 358, fig. 2(10).

?1966 P.[yrgula] (Caspiella) limanica Golikov and Starobogatov: 357, fig. 2(6).

?1966 P.[yrgula] (Caspiella) lindholmiana Golikov and Starobogatov: 357, fig. 2(5).

?1966 P.[yrgula] (Laevicaspia) iljinae Golikov and Starobogatov: 358-359, fig. 2(14).

?1966 P.[yrgula] (Laevicaspia) milachevitchi Golikov and Starobogatov: 359, fig. 2(15).

?1966 P.[yrgula] (Laevicaspia) ostroumovi Golikov and Starobogatov: 358, fig. 2(13).

?1966 P.[yrgula] (Turricaspia) borceana Golikov and Starobogatov: 359, fig. 2(16).

?1966 P.[yrgula] (Turricaspia) nevesskae Golikov and Starobogatov: 359, fig. 2(17).

?1987 Turricaspia abichi phaseolinica Alexenko and Starobogatov: 33.

?1987 Turricaspia (Caspiella) derbentina borysthenica Alexenko adn Starobogatov: 34-35, fig. 6.

?1987 Turricaspia (Laevicaspia) grigorievi Alexenko and Starobogatov: 35, fig. 7.

?1987 Turricaspia (Laevicaspia) meneghiniana ukrainica Alexenko and Starobogatov: 35, fig. 9.

?2006 Euxinipyrgula azovica (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). - Kantor and Sysoev: 95, pl. 44, fig. K.

?2006 Euxinipyrgula borysthenica (Alexenko & Starobogatov, 1987). - Kantor and Sysoev: 95, pl. 44, fig. J.

?2006 Euxinipyrgula grigorievi (Alexenko & Starobogatov, 1987). - Kantor and Sysoev: 95, pl. 44, fig. I.

?2006 Euxinipyrgula limanica (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). - Kantor and Sysoev: 95, pl. 44, fig. H.

2006 Euxinipyrgula lincta (Milaschewitsch, 1908). - Kantor and Sysoev: 95-96, pl. 45, fig. D.

?2006 Euxinipyrgula milachevitchi (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). - Kantor and Sysoev: 96, pl. 45, fig. C.

?2006 Euxinipyrgula ostroumovi (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). - Kantor and Sysoev: 96, pl. 45, fig. B.

? 2006 Euxinipyrgula ukrainica (Alexenko & Starobogatov, 1987). - Kantor and Sysoev: 95, pl. 45, fig. A.

?2006 Turricaspia boltovskoji (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). - Kantor and Sysoev: 105-106, pl. 48, fig. K.

?2006 Turricaspia borceana (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). - Kantor and Sysoev: 106, pl. 49, fig. B.

?2006 Turricaspia conus lindholmiana (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). - Kantor and Sysoev: 107, pl. 48, fig. L.

?2006 Turricaspia crimeana (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). - Kantor and Sysoev: 107, pl. 48, fig. C.

?2006 Turricaspia iljinae (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). - Kantor and Sysoev: 108, pl. 49, fig. D.

?2006 Turricaspia nevesskae (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). - Kantor and Sysoev: 109, pl. 49, fig. L.

Status. Accepted Pontocaspian species.

Type locality. Kotlabukh Lake, Odessa Region, Ukraine (approximately 45°25'35"N, 28°59'41"E).

Distribution. Limans and lower reaches of rivers Don, Dnieper, Dniester, and Southern Bug entering the northern Black Sea Basin and the Azov Sea (Taganrog Bay), as well as in coastal lakes Kotlabukh and Yalpug ( Vinarski and Kantor 2016). The record of an undescribed subspecies of T. boltovskoji from the Caspian Sea mentioned by Anistratenko and Stadnichenko (1995) is probably based on a misidentification.

Taxonomic notes. Golikov and Starobogatov (1966) and Alexenko and Starobogatov (1987) introduced a plethora of names for morphologically similar species from the northern Black Sea Basin, partly deriving from subfossil horizons. They differ from Laevicaspia lincta slightly in the number of whorls and outline shape, but overall range within its morphological variability. Here, we consider them tentatively all junior synonyms of L. lincta . Since Starobogatov’s type material is unknown, support for this approach requires collection of new material from the type localities of these taxa. Molecular data confirmed the conspecifity of L. lincta and L. milachevitchi ( Wilke et al. 2007).

Conservation status. Least Concern ( Son 2011e).