Andrusovia brusinai

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 : 96-97

Andrusovia brusinai Starobogatov, 2000

*2000 Andrusovia brusinai Starobogatov: 41, fig. 1C.

2016 Andrusovia brusinai Starobogatov, 2000. - Vinarski and Kantor: 214.

2018 Andrusovia brusinai Starobogatov, 2000. - Neubauer et al.: 54-56, fig. 6 F–K, M–N.

Status. Pontocaspian species, identity uncertain.

Type locality. Eastern part of the middle Caspian Sea (42°42.5'N, 51°32.5'E), at 80 m water depth.

Distribution. Northern, middle, and southern Caspian Sea ( Starobogatov 2000, Neubauer et al. 2018).

Taxonomic notes. The species was recently described in detail by Neubauer et al. (2018). The species was distinguished from A. dybowskii and A. andrusovi by the higher spire, but this is a variable character. Currently, the taxonomy of Andrusovia species is the subject of further study.

Remarks. Starobogatov (2000) mentioned that the type material is housed in the ZIN collection, but we were unable to find the holotype and it is presumed lost. Only recently, paratypes of this species were detected at the Zoological Museum of Moscow University and are currently being studied.

Conservation status. Not assessed.