Bithynia riddifordi

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Bithynia riddifordi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Bithyniidae
Genus: Bithynia
Species:
B. riddifordi
Binomial name
Bithynia riddifordi
Altaba, 2007 [1]

Bithynia riddifordi is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Bithyniidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

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References

  1. (in Spanish) Altaba C. R.. 25 June 2007. Catàleg dels gasteròpodes d’aigua dolça de les Illes Balears, amb descripció de 10 espècies noves. Checklist of freshwater gastropods of the Balearic Islands, with the description of 10 new species. Malacofauna Balearica, 1 Archived 2008-11-13 at the Wayback Machine : 23-38, Palma de Mallorca.