Bythinella bouloti

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Bythinella bouloti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bythinellidae
Genus: Bythinella
Species:
B. bouloti
Binomial name
Bythinella bouloti
Girardi, Bichain & Wienin, 2002 [1]

Bythinella bouloti is a species of very small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae.

Contents

As of 2002, no living animals had been found. Empty shells were used as the basis for the species description. [1]

Distribution

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Bythinella bouloti (France)

This species is endemic to France. The type locality is a cave in Castelbouc, Sainte-Enimie, Lozère. [1]

Ecology

Bythinella bouloti is probably a troglobite. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 (in French) Girardi H., Bichain J. M. & Wienin M. (2002) "Description de deux nouvelles espèces de Bythinella (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) de l’exsurgence de Castelbouc (Lozère, France)". Documents Malacologiques3: 43-54. "HENRI GIRARDI .::. Bulletin en 13 pages". Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2009.