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Genus of gastropods
Bythinella is a
genus of very small
freshwater snails , an
aquatic
gastropod
mollusk in the
family
Bythinellidae (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 ).
These
gonochoristic
snails are small animals, with a shell length of about 2–4 mm.
[1]
Amnicola is a close relative, containing
North American snails with essentially similar appearance and
ecology . The
scientific name means "small
Bithynia "; the latter snail genus is somewhat similar at a casual glance (though much larger) but not at all closely related among the
Rissooidea .
Distribution
The present genus occurs in
springs , and sometimes
caves or
groundwater , from
Catalonia across central
Europe to the
Aegean Region of
Turkey . In and around
France a particularly high diversity of these snails is found. Due to the limited range and special and easily destroyed
habitat , these snails are liable to become
endangered species .
[1]
Species
More than 80
species and
subspecies are recognized at present. However, it is not at all clear that all of those recognized as good species are actually that distinct, and some in fact seem to be local
morphs instead of valid
taxa . Some undescribed species are also known to exist.
[1]
Bythinella anatolica Yıldırım, Kebapçı & Bahadır Koca, 2015
Bythinella aneliae Georgiev & Stoycheva, 2011
Bythinella angelovi Glöer & Georgiev, 2011
Bythinella anianensis (Paladilhe, 1870)
Bythinella austriaca (Frauenfeld, 1856)
Bythinella badensis
Bythinella bavarica
†
Bythinella bearnensis Cossmann & Peyrot, 1918
Bythinella bicarinata - synonyms: B. dunkeri , B. lalindei , B. moulinsii , B. poujolensis
Bythinella blidariensis Glöer, 2013
Bythinella bouldouyrensis Girardi, 2015
Bythinella bouloti Girardi, Bichain & Wienin, 2002
[2]
Bythinella calimanica Falniowski, Szarowska & Sirbu, 2009
Bythinella calquierensis Girardi & Boeters, 2015
Bythinella carcasonis Boeters & Falkner, 2008
Bythinella carinulata
Bythinella cebennensis (Dupuy, 1851) - synonym: B. anianensis )
Bythinella charpentieri (Roth, 1855)
Bythinella chinensis Liu & Zhang, 1979
†
Bythinella contemta Brusina, 1897
†
Bythinella cvijici Pavlović, 1935
†
Bythinella cyclothyra (Boettger, 1869)
Bythinella cylindrica
Bythinella dacica Grossu, 1946
†
Bythinella dalmatica Brusina, 1897
Bythinella dedovi Glöer & Georgiev, 2011
Bythinella dierckingi Glöer & Georgiev, 2011
Bythinella dispersa Radoman, 1976
Bythinella drimica Radoman, 1976
Bythinella dromensis Boeters & Falkner, 2008
Bythinella elenae Glöer & Georgiev, 2011
†
Bythinella elongata Roshka, 1973
†
Bythinella eugenii (Deshayes, 1862)
Bythinella eurystoma (Paladilhe, 1870)
Bythinella eutrepha (Paladilhe, 1867)
†
Bythinella falloti Degrange-Touzin, 1892
Bythinella falniowskii Glöer, 2013
Bythinella feheri Glöer, 2013
Bythinella friderici Boeters & Falkner, 2008
Bythinella galerae Girardi, Bichain & Wienin, 2002
[2]
Bythinella georgievi Glöer, 2013
Bythinella gibbosa (Moquin-Tandon, 1856)
Bythinella gloeeri Georgiev, 2009
Bythinella golemoensis Glöer & Mrkvicka, 2015
Bythinella gregoi Glöer & Erőss, 2015
Bythinella grossui Falniowski, Szarowska & Sirbu, 2009
Bythinella guranensis (Paladilhe, 1870)
Bythinella hansboetersi Glöer & Pešić, 2006
Bythinella intermedia
Bythinella istanbulensis Yıldırım, Kebapçı & Yüce, 2015
Bythinella istoka Glöer & Pešić, 2014
Bythinella izvorica Glöer & Georgiev, 2011
Bythinella kapelana Radoman, 1976
Bythinella kazdaghensis Odabaşi & Georgiev, 2014
Bythinella kleptuzica Glöer & Georgiev, 2011
Bythinella lancevelei Locard, 1894
Bythinella luteola Radoman, 1976
Bythinella magdalenae Yıldırım, Kebapçı & Bahadır Koca, 2015
Bythinella magna Radoman, 1976
Bythinella major (Pascal, 1873)
Bythinella margritae Glöer & Georgiev, 2011
Bythinella marici Glöer & Pešić, 2014
Bythinella markovi Glöer & Georgiev, 2009
†
Bythinella megarensis Bukowski, 1896
Bythinella melovskii Glöer & Slavevska-Stamenković, 2015
Bythinella micherdzinskii Falniowski, 1980
Bythinella molcsanyi H. Wagner, 1941
Bythinella muranyii Glöer & Erőss, 2015
Bythinella nipponica Mori, 1937
Bythinella nonveilleri Glöer, 2008
Bythinella occasiuncula Boeters & Falkner, 2001
Bythinella opaca (Gallenstein, 1848)
Bythinella pannonica
Bythinella padiraci
Bythinella parvula Locard, 1893
Bythinella pesterica Glöer, 2008
†
Bythinella polita (Pavlović, 1927)
Bythinella pupoides
Bythinella radomani Falniowski, Szarowska & Sirbu, 2009
Bythinella ravnogorica Glöer & Georgiev, 2009
Bythinella rhodopensis Glöer & Georgiev, 2011
Bythinella rilaensis Georgiev & Glöer, 2013
Bythinella robiciana
†
Bythinella rothi (Brusina, 1884)
Bythinella rouchi Boeters & Falkner, 2008
Bythinella rouveyrolensis Girardi, 2015
Bythinella rubiginosa (Boubee, 1833) - synonym: B. simoniana )
Bythinella reyniesii - synonyms: B. compressa , B. parvula
Bythinella samecana Clessin, 1911
Bythinella schmidtii
†
Bythinella scitula Brusina, 1892
Bythinella serborientalis Radoman, 1976
Bythinella servainiana (Paladilhe, 1870)
Bythinella sirbui Glöer, 2013
Bythinella slaveyae Glöer & Georgiev, 2011
Bythinella smolyanica Glöer & Georgiev, 2011
Bythinella srednogorica Glöer & Georgiev, 2009
Bythinella stoychevae Georgiev, 2011
Bythinella syntriculus Boeters & Falkner, 2008
Bythinella szarowskae Glöer, 2013
Bythinella taraensis Glöer & Pešić, 2010
Bythinella temelkovi Georgiev & Glöer, 2014
Bythinella thermophila Glöer, Varga & Mrkvicka, 2015
Bythinella turca (Radoman, 1976)
Bythinella ullaensis Boeters & Falkner, 2008
Bythinella valkanovi Glöer & Georgiev, 2011
Bythinella vesontiana
Bythinella utriculus (Paladilhe, 1874)
Bythinella viridis (Poiret, 1801)
Bythinella viseuiana Falniowski, Szarowska & Sirbu, 2009
†
Bythinella vitrellaeformis Lörenthey, 1902
Bythinella walkeri Glöer & Georgiev, 2009
Bythinella wantanensis Kang, 1983
Bythinella wilkei Yıldırım, Kebapçı & Bahadır Koca, 2015
Bythinella wufengensis Kang, 1983
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