Turricaspia pullula

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 : 90

Turricaspia pullula (Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915)

*1915 Micromelania (Turricaspia) caspia var. pullula Dybowski & Grochmalicki: 111-112, pl. 1, fig. 7.

1969 Pyrgula [( Turricaspia )] pullula (Dyb. et Gr.). - Logvinenko and Starobogatov:

366-367, fig. 363(3).

2006 Turricaspia pullula (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915). - Kantor and Sysoev: 109, pl. 50, fig. B.

2016 Turricaspia pullula (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915). - Vinarski and Kantor: 249.

2018 Turricaspia pullula (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915). - Neubauer et al.: 82-84, fig. 14 K–L.

Status. Accepted Pontocaspian species.

Type locality. Caspian Sea (no details).

Distribution. Endemic to the Caspian Sea, reported from the western part of the middle Caspian Sea ( Logvinenko and Starobogatov 1969).

Taxonomic notes. The very characteristic tripartite whorl profile allows an easy identification and discrimination from other Pontocaspian Pyrgulinae ( Neubauer et al. 2018).

Conservation status. Data Deficient ( Vinarski 2011s).