Abeskunus Kolesnikov in Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969

Neubauer, Thomas A., Velde, Sabrina van de, Yanina, Tamara & Wesselingh, Frank P., 2018, A late Pleistocene gastropod fauna from the northern Caspian Sea with implications for Pontocaspian gastropod taxonomy, ZooKeys 770, pp. 43-103 : 43

Genus Abeskunus Kolesnikov in Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969

Type species.

Paludina exigua Eichwald, 1838; by original designation. Caspian Sea, Pleistocene.

Discussion.

The genus Abeskunus and the species that have been attributed to it have caused considerable confusion. A detailed discussion of the taxonomic and nomenclatural problems associated with Abeskunus , considerations on its systematic placement, as well as a description of the type species will be provided in a forthcoming study. Preliminary work confirms classification of the species described below in Abeskunus .