Andrusovia andrusovi

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

Andrusovia andrusovi Starobogatov, 2000

*2000 Andrusovia andrusovi Starobogatov: 39-41, fig. 1B.

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

Status. Pontocaspian species, identity uncertain.

Type locality. Eastern part of the South Caspian Sea (39°05'N, 52°35'E).

Distribution. Middle and southern Caspian Sea ( Starobogatov 2000).

Taxonomic notes. The species is very similar to the type species of Andrusovia , A. dybowskii , regarding the low spire. Investigation of the type material is required to clarify whether both taxa are distinct.

Remarks. Only recently, paratypes of this species were detected at the Zoological Museum of Moscow University. A study of the taxonomy of Andrusovia is currently under way.

Conservation status. Not assessed.