Turricaspia pseudospica

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 : 89

Turricaspia pseudospica (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969)

*1969 Pyrgula (Oxypyrgula) pseudospica Logvinenko & Starobogatov: 366, fig. 363(1).

2016 Pyrgula pseudospica Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968. - Vinarski and Kantor: 241-242.

Status. Pontocaspian species, identity uncertain.

Type locality. Middle and southern Caspian Sea, 15-75 m.

Distribution. Type locality only.

Taxonomic notes. The identity of this species is unclear. Judging from the drawing by Logvinenko and Starobogatov (1969), showing a small slender shell with ca. 6.5 convex whorls, the species might be based on a juvenile specimen. Moreover, it could be a junior synonym of the similarly shaped T. spica (Eichwald, 1855).

Conservation status. Not assessed.