Bithynia (gastropod)
Bithynia is a genus of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae.
The diploid chromosome number of Bithynia sp. from Egypt is 2n=32.[2]
Species
Subgenera and species within the genus Bithynia include:[3][4]
Subgenus Bithynia Leach, 1818
Subgenus Codiella Locard, 1894
Subgenus Neumayria De Stefani, 1887
- Bithynia bavelensis Meijer, 1990
Subgenus Digoniostoma[5]
Subgenus Incertae sedis[7]
- Bithynia badiella (Küster, 1852)
- Bithynia pentheri Sturany, 1905
- Bithynia phialensis (Conrad, 1852)
- Bithynia pseudemmericia Schütt, 1964
Subgenus ?
- Bithynia boissieri (Küster, 1852)
- Bithynia candiota Westerlund, 1885
- Bithynia canyamelensis Altaba, 2007
- Bithynia fuchsiana - in China[6]
- Bithynia graeca Westerlund, 1879
- Bithynia italica (Paulucci, 1880)
- Bithynia kobialkai Glöer & Beckmann, 2007[8]
- Bithynia longicornis - in China[6]
- Bithynia majorcina Glöer & Rolán, 2007[9]
- Bithynia manonellesi Altaba, 2007
- Bithynia mostarensis Moellendorff, 1873
- Bithynia nakeae Glöer & Beckmann, 2007[8]
- Bithynia pauli Altaba, 2007
- Bithynia quintanai Glöer & Beckmann, 2007[8]
- Bithynia radomani Glöer & Pešić, 2007
- Bithynia riddifordi Altaba, 2007
- Bithynia schwabii Frauenfeld, 1865
- Bithynia skadarskii Glöer & Pešić, 2007
- Bithynia walderdorffii Frauenfeld, 1865
- Bithynia zeta Glöer & Pešić, 2007
See also
References
- ^ Abel C. (1818). Narrative of a journey in the interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817; containing an account of the most interesting transactions of Lord Amherst's embassy to the court of Pekin, and observations on the countries which it visited. Illustrated by maps and other engravings. pp. i-xvi [= 1-16], 1-420, pl. [1-22]. London. (Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown). Bithynia at page 362.
- ^ Tohamy A. A. & Mohamed S. M. (2006). "Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, Cleopatra and Bithynia (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata)". Arab J. Biotech. 9(1): 17-26. PDF.
- ^ Species in genus Bithynia. AnimalBase, accessed 29 April 2009.
- ^ Glöer P. (2002). Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., ISBN 3-925919-60-0. Reference for subgenera of genus Bithynia.
- ^ Phongsasakulchoti P., Sri-aroon P. & Kerdpuech Y. (2005). "Emergence of Opisthorchis viverrini cercariae from naturally infected Bithynia (Digoniostoma) siamensis goniomphalos". The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health 36(Suppl. 4): 189-191. PubMed.
- ^ a b c Traub R.J., Macaranas J., Mungthin M., Leelayoova S., Cribb T., et al. (2009). "A New PCR-Based Approach Indicates the Range of Clonorchis sinensis Now Extends to Central Thailand". PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 3(1): e367. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000367.
- ^ Yildirim M. Z., Koca S. B. & Kebapçi U. (2006). "Supplement to the Prosobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Fauna of Fresh and Brackish Waters of Turkey". Turkish Journal of Zoology 30: 197-204. PDF
- ^ a b c Glöer P. & Beckmann K.-H. (2007). "Radix lilli n. sp. und drei neue Bithynia-Arten von den Balearen (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae, Lymnaeidae). pp. 163-170. In: Beckmann K.-H.: Die Land- und Süßwassermollusken der Balearischen Inseln. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 255 pp., ISBN 978-3-939767-05-3.
- ^ Glöer P. & Rolán E. (2007). "Bithynia majorcina n. sp., a new species from the Balearics (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae). pp. 159-162. In: Beckmann K.-H.: Die Land- und Süßwassermollusken der Balearischen Inseln. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 255 pp., ISBN 978-3-939767-05-3.
Further reading
- Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2007). "The Bithynia species from Skadar Lake (Montenegro) (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae)". Mollusca 25(1): 7-12. Dresden.