Marine Species Traits - Micromelania (Turricaspia) caspia (Eichwald, 1838)

WoRMS name details

Micromelania (Turricaspia) caspia (Eichwald, 1838)

AphiaID

1333188 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1333188)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Laevicaspia caspia (Eichwald, 1838)

Rank

Species

Parent

Micromelania (Turricaspia) B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915 accepted as Turricaspia B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915

Original name

Rissoa caspia Eichwald, 1838

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Variety Micromelania (Turricaspia) caspia var. pulla B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915 accepted as Turricaspia pulla (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915) (new combination; considered a distinct species)
Variety Micromelania (Turricaspia) caspia var. pullula B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915 accepted as Turricaspia pullula (B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915) (new combination; considered a distinct species)
Variety Micromelania (Turricaspia) caspia var. brunnea B. Dybowski & Grochmalicki, 1915 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Rissoa caspia Eichwald, 1838) Eichwald, E. (1838). Faunae Caspii Maris primitiae. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 11(2): 125-174., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41342125
page(s): 154-155 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Micromelania (Turricaspia) caspia (Eichwald, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1333188 on 2025-05-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-03-13 08:20:50Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description (of Rissoa caspia Eichwald, 1838) Eichwald, E. (1838). Faunae Caspii Maris primitiae. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 11(2): 125-174., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41342125
page(s): 154-155 [details]

basis of record Dybowski, B.; Grochmalicki, J. (1915). Ueber kaspische Schnecken aus der Abteilung "Turricaspiinae" subfam. nova zum Vergleich mit den Turribaikalina nobis Petrograd, 34 [numbered 103-136], 3 pls pp. [details]