Mollusc species from the Pontocaspian region - an expert opinion list
Author
Wesselingh, Frank
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Author
Poorten, Jan Johan ter
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, United States of America
Author
Kijashko, Pavel
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Albrecht, Christian
Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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Anistratenko, Olga Yu
Schmalhausen Instite of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine & Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, KievUkraine
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Frolov, Pavel
Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Gándara, Alberto Martinez
Grigore Artipa National Museum of Natural History, Bucharest, Romania
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Gittenberger, Arjan
Gittenberger Marine Research, Inventory & Strategy, Leiden, Netherlands
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Gogaladze, Aleksandre
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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Mikhail Karpinsky
Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscow, Russia
Author
Popa, Luis
Grigore Antirpa National Museum of Natural History, Bucharest, Romania
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Sands, Arthur F
Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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Vandendorpe, Justine
Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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Wilke, Thomas
Justus Liebig University Giessen Germany
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.827.31365
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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.