Turricaspia fedorovi

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 : 85

Turricaspia fedorovi (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969)

*1969 Pyrgula (Turricaspia) fedorovi Logvinenko & Starobogatov: 362, fig. 360(2).

2016 Pyrgula fedorovi Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968. - Vinarski and Kantor: 239.

Status. Pontocaspian species, identity uncertain.

Type locality. Western part of the middle Caspian Sea, 80 m.

Distribution. Middle and South Caspian Basin. This species was mentioned from depths between 200 and 400 m in the South Caspian Basin of Azerbaijan ( Mirzoev and Alekperov 2017).

Taxonomic notes. The slender elongate shell with whorls slowly increasing in height distinguishes this species from its congeners. However, a proper assessment of the species’ status requires investigation. The whereabouts of the type material is unknown and no other records of this species are known, so we are not able to verify the status of this species.

Conservation status. Not assessed.