Laevicaspia ismailensis

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 : 76

? Laevicaspia ismailensis (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966)

*1966 P. [yrgula] ismailensis Golikov & Starobogatov: 358, fig. 2(11).

2006 Turricaspia ismailensis (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). - Kantor and Sysoev: 108, pl. 50, fig. A.

2016 Turricaspia ismailensis (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966). - Vinarski and Kantor: 248.

Status. Accepted Pontocaspian species.

Type locality. Ukraine, Danube Delta, lakes Yalpug and Kugurlui.

Distribution. North-western Black Sea Basin ( Anistratenko and Stadnichenko 1995).

Taxonomic notes. Based on the illustration of the holotype in Kantor and Sysoev (2006), we tentatively place the species in the genus Laevicaspia . A more detailed study is necessary to clarify its systematic position.

Conservation status. Vulnerable ( Son and Cioboiu 2011).