Turricaspia simplex

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 : 92

Turricaspia simplex (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969)

*1969 Pyrgula (Oxypyrgula) simplex Logvinenko & Starobogatov: 367-368, fig. 363(4).

2016 Pyrgula simplex Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968. - Vinarski and Kantor: 243.

Status. Pontocaspian species, identity uncertain.

Type locality. Middle Caspian Sea, 40-120 m.

Distribution. Middle and southern Caspian Sea. This species was mentioned from depths between 200 and 900 m in the South Caspian Basin of Azerbaijan ( Mirzoev and Alekperov 2017).

Taxonomic notes. As for the previous species, it is highly uncertain whether this taxon is a distinct species. It might also be based on a juvenile and could be a synonym of an earlier described species, perhaps T. pulla or T. lyrata .

Conservation status. Not assessed.