Bythinella turca

Bythinella turca
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Bythinellidae
Genus:	Bythinella
Species:	B. turca
Binomial name
Bythinella turca (Radoman, 1976)
Synonyms
Bythinella (Bythinella) turcaRadoman, 1976 alternative representation

Bythinella turca is a species of very small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Bythinellidae. ^[2]

The species is endemic to Turkey, and is currently Critically endangered due to the clearing and "improvement" of the spring in which it lives for human recreational purposes. ^[1]

References

1. Kebapçı, U. & Seddon, M.B. (2014). "Bythinella turca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T164869A42418371. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T164869A42418371.en . Retrieved 9 January 2018.
2. Bythinella turca Radoman, 1976 . 10 February 2026). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Radoman, P. (1976). Speciation within the family Bythinellidae on the Balkans and Asia Minor. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 14 (2): 130-152. Hamburg/Berlin