Laevicaspia kolesnikoviana

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 : 77

Laevicaspia kolesnikoviana (Logvinenko & Starobogatov in Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966)

*1966 P. [yrgula] (Caspiella) kolesnikoviana Golikov & Starobogatov: 357-358, fig. 2(8-9).

1969 Pyrgula [( Caspiella )] kolesnikoviana Logv. & Star. - Logvinenko and Starobogatov: 372, fig. 366(1).

2006 Pyrgula kolesnikoviana Logvinenko & Starobogatov in Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966. - Kantor and Sysoev: 100, pl. 47, fig. N.

2016 Pyrgula kolesnikoviana Logvinenko & Starobogatov in Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966. - Vinarski and Kantor: 239.

2018 Laevicaspia kolesnikoviana (Logvinenko & Starobogatov in Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). - Neubauer et al.: 71-73, fig. 10 A–E, K, N.

Status. Accepted Pontocaspian species.

Type locality. Caspian Sea, northward of Apsheron Peninsula, north-westward from Kamni Dva Brata Island, 40°47'N, 49°42'E, 30 m water depth.

Distribution. Endemic to the Caspian Sea. This species was mentioned from depths between 200 and 400 m in the South Caspian Basin of Azerbaijan ( Mirzoev and Alekperov 2017, who reported the species as Turricaspia kolesnikoviana ).

Taxonomic notes. For a detailed discussion about the identity of this species, see Neubauer et al. (2018).

Conservation status. Data Deficient ( Vinarski 2011k).