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Caspia valkanovi (A. N. Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966) †
576361 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:576361)
unaccepted > superseded combination
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fossil only
(of Pyrgula (Caspia) baeri valkanovi A. N. Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966 †) Golikov, A.N.; Starobogatov, Y.I. (1966). Ponto-Caspian gastropod molluscs in the Azov-Black Sea Basin [Понто-каспийские брюхоногие моллюски в Азово-Черноморском бассейне]. <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 45(3): 352-362.
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Holotype ZI 4367/1, geounit Black Sea
Holotype ZI 4367/1, geounit Black Sea [details]
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(of Pyrgula (Caspia) baeri valkanovi A. N. Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966 †) Golikov, A.N.; Starobogatov, Y.I. (1966). Ponto-Caspian gastropod molluscs in the Azov-Black Sea Basin [Понто-каспийские брюхоногие моллюски в Азово-Черноморском бассейне]. <em>Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal.</em> 45(3): 352-362.
page(s): 354-355, fig. 1(9) [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) <i>Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue.</i> Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350432257_Marine_and_brackish-water_Gastropoda_of_Russia_and_adjacent_countries_an_illustrated_catalogue [details]
page(s): 354-355, fig. 1(9) [details] Available for editors

basis of record Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) <i>Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue.</i> Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350432257_Marine_and_brackish-water_Gastropoda_of_Russia_and_adjacent_countries_an_illustrated_catalogue [details]
Holotype ZI 4367/1, geounit Black Sea [details]
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Validity The species has been listed as accepted in recent species catalogues, but there is considerable doubt about its validity given the morphological similarity to congeners (see Wesselingh et al. 2019). Until molecular data are available to ascertain its identity, we treat the present species as a nomen dubium. [details]