Andrusovia dybowskii

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 dybowskii Brusina in Westerlund, 1902b

*1902b Andrusovia Dybowskii Westerlund: 133.

? 2000 Andrusovia dybowskii Brusina in Westerlund, 1903. - Starobogatov: 39, fig. 1A.

2016 Andrusovia dybowskii Brusina in Westerlund, 1903. - Vinarski and Kantor: 214.

Status. Accepted Pontocaspian species.

Type locality. Caspian Sea (no details).

Distribution. Middle and southern Caspian Sea ( Starobogatov 2000).

Taxonomic notes. Apparently, Brusina considered both the more conical and flatter shells ("conoidea vel discoidea") to belong to a single species. Starobogatov (2000) in turn referred only the flat type to as Andrusovia dybowskii and considered the conical ones to belong to separate species ( A. brusinai and A. marina ). The recently rediscovered type material represents the conico-globular type and is currently subject of study by V. Anistratenko and collaegues.

Conservation status. Not assessed.