Pseudobithynia pentheri
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Pseudobithynia pentheri | |
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Bythinia pentheri Sturany, 1904 |
Pseudobithynia pentheri is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
The specific name pentheri is in honor of malacologist Arnold Penther, who collected this species.[2]
Glöer & Yildrim (2006)[3] moved this species from the genus Bythinia to the genus Pseudobithynia in 2006.[3]
Distribution[]
This species is endemic to Turkey.[1]
The type locality is "Vilayet Kayseri. Soisaly 1075 m ü.M".[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Kebapçı U. (2011). "Pseudobithynia pentheri". In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 1 January 2013.
- ^ a b (in German) Sturany R. (1904). "Kurze Diagnosen neuer Gastropoden". 41: 115-119. page 116.
- ^ a b c d Glöer P. & Yildrim Z. (2006). "Some records of Bithyniidae from Turkey with the description of Bithynia pesicii n. sp. (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae)". 24: 37-42. PDF.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Bithyniidae
- Gastropods described in 1904
- Endemic fauna of Turkey
- Hypsogastropoda stubs