Bithynia pygmaea
| Bithynia pygmaea | |
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| Apertural view of the shell of Bithynia pygmaea | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Bithynia |
| Species: | B. pygmaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Bithynia pygmaea Preston, 1908 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gabbia pygmaea Preston, 1908 | |
Bithynia pygmaea is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
Distribution
The native distribution of this species includes:
The non-native distribution of this species includes the United States.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Richter K. & Simonis J. (2012). "Bithynia pygmaea". In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 15 March 2014.
- ↑ Kulsantiwong J., Prasopdee S., Ruangsittichai J., Ruangjirachuporn W., Boonmars T., Viyanant V., Pierossi P., Hebert P. D. N. & Tesana S. (2013). "DNA Barcode Identification of Freshwater Snails in the Family Bithyniidae from Thailand". PLoS ONE 8(11): e79144. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079144.
External links
- Gabbia pygmaea at the National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Chitramvong Y. P. (1991). "The Bithyniidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchla) of Thailand: comparative internal anatomy. Walkerana 5(14): 161-206. PDF.