Laevicaspia kowalewskii

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 : 77

Laevicaspia kowalewskii (Clessin & Dybowski in Dybowski, 1887)

*1887 Caspia Kowalewskii Clessin & Dybowski in Dybowski: 40-41.

1888 [ Caspia ] Kowalewskii n. sp. - Dybowski: 79, pl. 3, fig. 9 a–c.

2006 Pyrgula kowalewskii (Clessin & W. Dybowski in W. Dybowski, 1888). - Kantor and Sysoev: 100, pl. 47, fig. M.

2016 Pyrgula kowalewskii (Clessin & W. Dybowski in W. Dybowski, 1888). - Vinarski and Kantor: 239-240.

Status. Accepted Pontocaspian species.

Type locality. Caspian Sea (no details).

Distribution. Caspian Sea, recorded from southern basin ( Logvinenko and Starobogatov 1969) and middle basin (personal observation based on material from Dagestan region, TAN, FW). This species was mentioned from depths between 200 and 300 m in the South Caspian Basin of Azerbaijan ( Mirzoev and Alekperov 2017, who reported the species as Turricaspia kowalewskii ).

Taxonomic notes. This species differs from L. kolesnikoviana in its bigger size, broader shape, and thinner peristome. Laevicaspia cincta can be distinguished based on the stouter shape and the presence of a narrow subsutural band.

Conservation status. Not assessed.