Bithynia (gastropod)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Bithynia'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of small
freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs t ...
s with an operculum, aquatic
prosobranch Prosobranchia was a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Class (biology), subclass of sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. This taxon of gastropods dates back to the 1920s. It has however been proven to be polyphyly, polyphyletic (consis ...
gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the family
Bithyniidae Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Bithyniidae Gray, 1857. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...
.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Bithynia Leach, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182698 on 2014-11-19 The
diploid Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Here ''sets of chromosomes'' refers to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, ...
chromosome number Ploidy () is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes. Here ''sets of chromosomes'' refers to the number of maternal and paternal chromosome copies, ...
of ''Bithynia'' sp. from Egypt is 2n=32.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
.


Distribution

Lake Skadar Lake Skadar or Lake Scutari (, ; cnr-Cyrl-Latn, Скадарско језеро, Skadarsko jezero, )also called Lake Shkodra (and ''Lake Shkodër'')lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern Europe. It is n ...
with five species of ''Bithynia'' is a
biodiversity hotspot A biodiversity hotspot is a ecoregion, biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human habitation. Norman Myers wrote about the concept in two articles in ''The Environmentalist'' in 1988 and 1990, after ...
of ''Bithynia'' evolution.Pešić V. & Glöer P. (2013). "A new freshwater snail genus (Hydrobiidae, Gastropoda) from Montenegro, with a discussion on gastropod diversity and endemism in Skadar Lake". ''
ZooKeys ''ZooKeys'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering zoological taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. It was established in 2008 and the founding editor-in-chief was Terry Erwin (Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian ...
'' 281: 69-90.


Species

Glöer (2002)Glöer P. (2002). ''Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas''. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., , page 190-194. recognized four subgenera ''Bithynia'', ''Codiella'', ''Neumayria'' and ''Parafossarulus'' within European species. He reassigned two European extinct species of '' Parafossarulus'' into a subgenus of the genus ''Bithynia'', but the genus ''Parafossarulus'' is generally accepted for the Asian species. The subgenus ''Digoniostoma'' is also recognized for Asian species. Subgenera and species within the genus ''Bithynia'' include: Subgenus ''Bithynia'' Leach, 1818 *''
Bithynia tentaculata ''Bithynia tentaculata'', common names the mud bithynia or common bithynia, or faucet snailKipp R. M. & Benson A. (2008). ''Bithynia tentaculata''. United States Geological Survey, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. ht ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common (or mud) bithynia -
type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
Subgenus '' Codiella'' Locard, 1894 * ''
Bithynia leachii ''Bithynia leachii'' is species of small freshwater snail with an operculum (gastropod), operculum, an Aquatic animal, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae. Distribution It is a Palearctic species found in North Afri ...
'' (Sheppard, 1823) * ''
Bithynia transsilvanica ''Bithynia transsilvanica'' is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.Bouchet, P. (2013). Bithynia transsilvanica Bielz, 1853. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' (Bielz, 1853) - synonym: ''Bithynia troschelii'' (Paasch 1842) Subgenus '' Neumayria'' De Stefani, 1887 * † '' Bithynia bavelensis'' Meijer, 1990 Subgenus '' Digoniostoma'' Annandale, 1920 * '' Bithynia funiculata'' Walker, 1927 * '' Bithynia siamensis'' Lea, 1856 Subgenus Incertae sedisYildirim 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
* '' Bithynia phialensis'' (Conrad, 1852) * '' Bithynia pseudemmericia'' Schütt, 1964 Subgenus ? * † '' Bithynia almerai'' Almera, 1894 * † '' Bithynia berthelini'' Depéret, 1894 * '' Bithynia boissieri'' (Küster, 1852)Species in genus ''Bithynia''
(n=13). AnimalBase, accessed 30 December 2012.
* † '' Bithynia brusinai'' Halaváts, 1903 * † '' Bithynia budinici'' Brusina, 1902 * '' Bithynia candiota'' Westerlund, 1886 * '' Bithynia canyamelensis'' Altaba, 2007 * '' Bithynia cerameopoma'' (Benson, 1830) * '' Bithynia cettinensis'' Clessin, 1887 * † '' Bithynia clessini'' Brusina, 1884 * '' Bithynia cretensis'' Glöer & Maassen, 2009 * † '' Bithynia croatica'' Pilar, 1874 * † '' Bithynia cyclostoma'' (Rousseau, 1842) * '' Bithynia danubialis'' Glöer & Georgiev, 2012 * † '' Bithynia dunkeri'' Gude, 1913 * † '' Bithynia erzuruma'' Schütt, 1991 * '' Bithynia forcarti'' Glöer & Pešić, 2012 * † '' Bithynia fuchsi'' Willmann, 1981 * ''
Bithynia fuchsiana ''Bithynia fuchsiana'' is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. It an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae. Distribution Distribution of this species includes: * southern and eastern China * Taiwan * ...
'' (Möllendorff, 1888) * '' Bithynia ghodaghodiensis'' Glöer & Bössneck, 2013 * † '' Bithynia giralanensis'' Oppenheim, 1919 * † '' Bithynia glabra'' (von Zieten, 1832) * '' Bithynia graeca'' Westerlund, 1879 * '' Bithynia hambergerae'' A. Reischütz, N. Reischütz & P. L. Reischütz, 2008 * '' Bithynia italica'' (Paulucci, 1879) * † '' Bithynia jurinaci'' Brusina, 1884 * '' Bithynia kobialkai'' Glöer & Beckmann, 2007Glöer 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., . * † '' Bithynia leberonensis'' Fischer & Tournouër, 1873 * '' Bithynia lithoglyphoides'' (Nesemann & G. Sharma, 2007) * '' Bithynia longicornis'' Benson - in China * '' Bithynia majorcina'' Glöer & Rolán, 2007Glöer 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., . * '' Bithynia manonellesi'' Altaba, 2007 * † '' Bithynia marasinica'' Andrusov, 1909 * '' Bithynia mazandaranensis'' Glöer & Pešić, 2012 * † '' Bithynia mediocris'' Ludwig, 1865 * † '' Bithynia minor'' Locard, 1878 * '' Bithynia misella'' (Gredler, 1884) * '' Bithynia montenegrina'' Wohlberedt, 1901 * '' Bithynia mostarensis'' Möllendorff, 1873 * † '' Bithynia multicostata'' Tchernov, 1975 * '' Bithynia nakeae'' Glöer & Beckmann, 2007 * '' Bithynia numidica'' Bourguignat, 1864 * '' Bithynia orcula'' Frauenfeld, 1862 * '' Bithynia pauli'' Altaba, 2007 * '' Bithynia pesicii'' Glöer & Yildirim, 2006 * '' Bithynia phialensis'' (Conrad, 1852) * † '' Bithynia phrygica'' (Fischer in Tchihatcheff, 1866) * † '' Bithynia pilari'' Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875 * † '' Bithynia pisidica'' Oppenheim, 1919 * † '' Bithynia podarensis'' (Pană in Pană et al., 1981) * † '' Bithynia pontica'' Gozhik, 2002 * '' Bithynia prespensis'' Hadžišče, 1963 * '' Bithynia prestoni'' Glöer & Bössneck, 2013 * † '' Bithynia protemmericia'' Willmann, 1981 * '' Bithynia pseudemmericia'' Schütt, 1964 * '' Bithynia pulchella'' (Benson, 1836) * '' Bithynia quintanai'' Glöer & Beckmann, 2007 * '' Bithynia radomani'' Glöer & Pešić, 2007 * '' Bithynia raptiensis'' Glöer & Bössneck, 2013 * '' Bithynia reharensis'' Glöer & Bössneck, 2013 * '' Bithynia riddifordi'' Altaba, 2007 * † '' Bithynia rubella'' Schütt in Schütt & Besenecker, 1973 * '' Bithynia rubens'' (Menke, 1830) * † '' Bithynia rumana'' Porumbaru, 1881 * † '' Bithynia sabbae'' Gozhik, 2002 * † '' Bithynia schuetti'' Schlickum & Strauch, 1974 * '' Bithynia schwabii'' Frauenfeld, 1865 * † '' Bithynia sermenazensis'' Depéret, 1894 * '' Bithynia shapkarevi'' Glöer, Shoreva & Slavevska-Stamenković, 2015 * '' Bithynia sibirica'' Westerlund, 1886 * '' Bithynia sistanica'' (Annandale & Prashad, 1919) * '' Bithynia skadarskii'' Glöer & Pešić, 2007 * '' Bithynia starmuehlneri'' Glöer & Pešić, 2012 * '' Bithynia stenothyroides'' (Dohrn, 1857) * '' Bithynia subbaraoi'' Glöer & Bössneck, 2013 * ''
Bithynia timmii Bithynia (; ) was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast a ...
'' Odabaşı & Arslan, 2015 * ''
Bithynia transsilvanica ''Bithynia transsilvanica'' is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.Bouchet, P. (2013). Bithynia transsilvanica Bielz, 1853. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of ...
'' Bielz, 1853 * † '' Bithynia ungeri'' (Rolle, 1860) * † '' Bithynia veneria'' Fontannes, 1881 * † '' Bithynia verneuili'' (Mayer, 1856) * † '' Bithynia verrii'' de Stefani, 1880 * '' Bithynia vukotinovici'' Brusina, 1874 † * '' Bithynia walderdorffii'' Frauenfeld, 1865 * '' Bithynia walkeri'' (Brandt, 1968) * '' Bithynia yildirimi'' Glöer & Georgiev, 2012 * '' Bithynia zeta'' Glöer & Pešić, 2007 * † '' Bithynia zoranici'' Brusina, 1902 Synonyms: * ''Bithynia badiella'' (Küster, 1852): synonym of '' Pseudobithynia badiella'' (Küster, 1853) * † ''Bithynia bengestensis'' Fontannes, 1887: synonym of † '' Tylopoma bengestiensis'' (Fontannes, 1887) * † ''Bithynia brusinai'' Halaváts, 1903: synonym of † ''Lithoglyphus acutus decipiens'' Brusina, 1885 * † ''Bithynia crassitesta'' (Brömme, 1883): synonym of † '' Parafossarulus crassitesta'' (Brömme, 1883) * † ''Bithynia curta'' Locard, 1893: synonym of † ''Bithynia glabra helvetica'' (Wenz, 1930) * † ''Bithynia gracilis'' Sandberger, 1875: synonym of † ''Bithynia glabra glabra'' (von Zieten, 1832) * ''Bithynia hamicensis'' Pallary, 1939: synonym of '' Pseudobithynia hamicensis'' (Pallary, 1939) * † ''Bithynia labiata'' Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875: synonym of † '' Neumayria labiata'' (Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875) * ''Bithynia leachi'' (Sheppard, 1823): synonym of ''
Bithynia leachii ''Bithynia leachii'' is species of small freshwater snail with an operculum (gastropod), operculum, an Aquatic animal, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae. Distribution It is a Palearctic species found in North Afri ...
'' (Sheppard, 1823) * ''Bithynia majewsky'' Frauenfeld, 1862: synonym of ''
Bithynia tentaculata ''Bithynia tentaculata'', common names the mud bithynia or common bithynia, or faucet snailKipp R. M. & Benson A. (2008). ''Bithynia tentaculata''. United States Geological Survey, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. ht ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * † ''Bithynia margaritula'' Fuchs, 1870: synonym of † ''Pseudamnicola (Pseudamnicola) margaritula'' (Fuchs, 1870) * ''Bithynia narentana'' Locard, 1874 : synonym of '' Bithynia mostarensis'' Möllendorff, 1873 * ''Bithynia pentheri'' Sturany, 1904: synonym of '' Pseudobithynia pentheri'' (Sturany, 1904) * ''Bithynia phaeacina'' Locard, 1887: synonym of '' Pseudobithynia renei'' (Letourneux, 1887) * † Bithynia podwinensis Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875: synonym of † '' Neumayria podwinensis'' (Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875) * † ''Bithynia proxima'' Fuchs, 1870: synonym of † '' Pseudamnicola proxima'' (Fuchs, 1870) * ''Bithynia saulcyi'' Bourguignat, 1853: synonym of '' Pseudobithynia saulcyi'' (Bourguignat, 1853) * † ''Bithynia scalaris'' Fuchs, 1877: synonym of † '' Bythinella megarensis'' Bukowski, 1896 * † ''Bithynia spoliata'' Stefanescu, 1896: synonym of † '' Neumayria spoliata'' (Stefanescu, 1896) * ''Bithynia stossichiana'' Locard, 1894: synonym of '' Pseudobithynia renei'' (Letourneux, 1887) * ''Bithynia uzielliana'' Issel, 1866: synonym of '' Gangetia uzielliana'' (Issel, 1866) * † ''Bithynia vucotinovici'' Brusina, 1874: synonym of † '' Neumayria vukotinovici'' (Brusina, 1874) * † ''Bithynia vukotinovici'' Brusina, 1874: synonym of † '' Neumayria vukotinovici'' (Brusina, 1874)


See also

* '' Parafossarulus''


References


Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2012) ''The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species''. ZooKeys 219: 11–61


External links

* Glöer P. &
Pešić V. Pešić or Pesic (Cyrillic script: Пешић) is a Serbs, Serbian surname. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 86.5% of all known bearers of the surname ''Pešić'' were residents of Serbia (frequency 1:377), 5.4% of the Republic of Macedonia (1 ...
(2007). "The ''Bithynia'' species from Skadar Lake (Montenegro) (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae)". ''Mollusca'' 25(1): 7-12. Dresden. {{Authority control Bithyniidae Gastropod genera Taxa named by William Elford Leach