Abra segmentum

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 : 53

Abra segmentum ( Récluz, 1843)

°1836 Erycina ovata Philippi: 13, pl. 1 fig. 13 [non Erycina ovata Gray, 1825].

*1843 Syndosmya segmentum Récluz: 365-366.

1969 Abra ovata (Phil.). - Logvinenko and Starobogatov: 339, fig. 355, pl. 5, fig. 12.

2013 Abra segmenta ( Récluz, 1843). - Kijashko in Bogutskaya et al.: 391, fig. 165.

2015 Abra ovata (Philippi, 1836). - Latypov: 240.

Status. Invasive Pontocaspian species.

Type locality. Mediterranean coast near Taranto (Italy).

Distribution. Mediterranean, Black Sea coastal regions, Sea of Azov, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea.

Taxonomic notes. This species has been reported in much of the 20th century literature as Abra ovata (Philippi, 1836), which is invalid since the original name ( Erycina ovata Philippi, 1836) represents a junior primary homonym of Erycina ovata Gray, 1825.

Remarks. The first transfer of Abra segmentum into the Caspian Sea occurred in 1947-1948, and the species has not been detected since 1955 (Latypov, 2015).

Conservation status. Not assessed.