Bythinella turca

Bythinella turca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bythinellidae
Genus: Bythinella
Species:
B. turca
Binomial name
Bythinella turca
(Radoman, 1976)
Synonyms

Bythinella (Bythinella) turca Radoman, 1976 alternative representation

Bythinella turca is a species of very small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Bythinellidae. [2]

The species is endemic to Turkey, and is currently Critically endangered due to the clearing and "improvement" of the spring in which it lives for human recreational purposes.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kebapçı, U. & Seddon, M.B. (2014). "Bythinella turca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014 e.T164869A42418371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T164869A42418371.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ Bythinella turca Radoman, 1976. 10 February 2026). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Radoman, P. (1976). Speciation within the family Bythinellidae on the Balkans and Asia Minor. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung, 14 (2): 130-152. Hamburg/Berlin