Andrusovia marina

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 : 97

Andrusovia marina (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969)

*1969 Horatia (Caspiohoratia) marina Logvinenko & Starobogatov: 382, fig. 367(18).

2000 Andrusovia marina (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969). - Starobogatov: 41-42, fig. 1D.

2016 Andrusovia marina (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968). - Vinarski and Kantor: 214-215.

Status. Pontocaspian species, identity uncertain.

Type locality. Northern slope of the middle Caspian Sea Basin, 43°32.5'N, 49°17.5'E, 60 m water depth.

Distribution. Middle and southern Caspian Sea ( Starobogatov 2000). This species was mentioned from depths between 200 and 400 m in the South Caspian Basin of Azerbaijan ( Mirzoev and Alekperov 2017, who reported the species as Horatia marina ).

Taxonomic notes. According to Neubauer et al. (2018), this species might be a senior synonym of A. brusinai Starobogatov, 2000. Inspection of recently discovered type material appears to support that view, but more in-depth studies are required to evaluate the status of this species.

Remarks. The holotype is not traced and presumed lost. Only recently, paratypes of this species were detected at the Zoological Museum of Moscow University and are currently being studied.

Conservation status. Not assessed.