This mole occurs in northeastern Turkey and adjacent Georgia near the southeastern Black Sea. The Mammal Diversity Database treats it as a living species split from the Caucasian Mole.
Its fur is blackish gray to black. Yellow spots on the snout, chest, and throat were reported for one specimen from Turkey.
The species account lists gardens, fields, and woodland with humid soils as habitats. It explicitly says species-specific feeding and activity information is not available.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.