Turricaspia Explained

Turricaspia is a genus of aquatic snails which includes marine snails, brackish water snails and freshwater snails which all have a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae. Turricaspia is the type genus of the Turricaspiinae, which is a synonym of Pyrgulinae.

Species

Species within the genus Turricaspia include:

• Turricaspia andrussowi (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915) - marine
• Turricaspia astrachanica (Pirogov, 1971) - freshwater
• Turricaspia bogatscheviana (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968) - marine
• Turricaspia bogensis (Dubois in Küster, 1852) - brackish and marine
• Turricaspia boltovskoji (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966) - brackish
• Turricaspia borceana (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966) - marine
• Turricaspia caspia (Eichwald, 1838) - marine
• Turricaspia chersonica Alexenko & Starobogatov, 1987 - freshwater
• Turricaspia conus (Eichwald, 1838)
  • Turricaspia conus conus (Eichwald, 1838) - marine
  • Turricaspia conus lindholmiana (Golikov et Starobogatov, 1966) - marine and brackish
• Turricaspia crimeana (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966) - marine
• Turricaspia dagestanica (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968) - marine
• Turricaspia derbentina (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968) - marine
• Turricaspia eburnea (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968) - marine
• Turricaspia elegantula (Clessin & W. Dybowski in W. Dybowski, 1888) - marine
• Turricaspia iljinae (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966) - marine
• Turricaspia ismailensis (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966) - freshwater
• Turricaspia lirata (B. Dybowski & J. Grochmalicki, 1915)
  • Turricaspia lirata marisnigri Starobogatov in Alexenko et Starobogatov, 1987 - marine
• Turricaspia martensii (Clessin & W. Dybowski in W. Dybowski, 1888) - freshwater and brackish
• Turricaspia meneghiniana (Issel, 1865) - marine
• Turricaspia nevesskae (Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966) - marine
• Turricaspia ovum Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968 - marine
• Turricaspia pullula (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915) - marine
• Turricaspia sajenkovae (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968) - marine and brackish
• Turricaspia spasskii (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968) - marine
• Turricaspia spica (Eichwald, 1855) - marine and brackish
• Turricaspia triton (Eichwald, 1838) - marine and brackish
• Turricaspia trivialis (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968) - marine
• Turricaspia turricula (Clessin et W. Dybowski in W. Dybowski, 1888) - type species, marine^[1]
• Turricaspia variabilis (Eichwald, 1838) - brackish and freshwater^[1]
• Turricaspia vinogradovi (Logvinenko & Starobogatov, 1968) - marine and brackish^[1]

Notes and References

1. Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on March 2, 2010). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.1