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[edit]
This species is endemic to Turkey.[1]
The type locality is "Vilayet Kayseri. Soisaly 1075 m ü.M".[3]
References[edit]
- ^ 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". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 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)". Malakologische Abhandlungen 24: 37-42. PDF.
External links[edit]
- Sturany R. (1905). "Schalentragende Mollusken". In: Penther A. & Zederbauer E. "Ergebnisse einer naturwissenschaftlichen Reise zum Erdschias-Dagh (Kleinasien)". Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums in Wien 20(2/3): 295–307. Page 306, fig. 10.
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