Bithynia | |
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Bithynia tentaculata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
Family: | Bithyniidae |
Genus: | Bithynia Leach, 1818 [1] |
Type species | |
Helix tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Bithynia is a genus of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae. [2]
The diploid chromosome number of Bithynia sp. from Egypt is 2n=32. [3]
Lake Skadar with five species of Bithynia is a biodiversity hotspot of Bithynia evolution. [4]
Glöer (2002) [5] recognized four subgenera Bithynia, Codiella, Neumayria and Parafossarulus within European species. He reassigned two European extinct species of Parafossarulus into a subgenus of the genus Bithynia, but the genus Parafossarulus is generally accepted for the Asian species. [5] The subgenus Digoniostoma is also recognized for Asian species.
Subgenera and species within the genus Bithynia include:
Subgenus Bithynia Leach, 1818
Subgenus Codiella Locard, 1894
Subgenus Neumayria De Stefani, 1887 [7]
Subgenus Digoniostoma Annandale, 1920 [8]
Subgenus Incertae sedis [13]
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