Turricaspia columna

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 : 82

Turricaspia columna (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1969)

*1969 Pyrgula (Oxypyrgula) columna Logvinenko & Starobogatov: 368, fig. 363(8).

2016 Pyrgula columna Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968. - Vinarski and Kantor: 237.

Status. Pontocaspian species, identity uncertain.

Type locality. Western part of the southern Caspian Sea.

Distribution. Type locality only.

Taxonomic notes. The species has not been found since its first description, and the whereabouts of the type material is unknown. Logvinenko and Starobogatov (1969) illustrate a small slender shell with convex whorls. It might well be a juvenile of another species.

Conservation status. Not assessed.