Turricaspia uralensis

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 uralensis (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969)

*1969 Pyrgula (Turricaspia) uralensis Logvinenko & Starobogatov: 359, fig. 360(1).

2016 Pyrgula uralensis Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968. - Vinarski and Kantor: 244.

Status. Pontocaspian species, identity uncertain.

Type locality. Eastern part of the northern Caspian Sea.

Distribution. Type locality only.

Taxonomic notes. Logvinenko and Starobogatov (1969) illustrated a comparably small shell with eight highly convex whorls, large body whorl, and large aperture. Reliable assessment of the species’ status requires investigation of the type material, which has only been discovered in ZIN in June 2018 and awaits further study.

Conservation status. Not assessed.