Avenionia bourguignati

Avenionia bourguignati
	Shell of Avenionia bourguignati (specimen in the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Avenionia
Species:	A. bourguignati
Binomial name
	Avenionia bourguignati; (Locard, 1883)
Synonyms
	Avenionia brevis bourguignati (Locard, 1883) (unaccepted rank); Bithinella bourguignati (Locard, 1883); Bythinella bourguignati (Locard, 1883); Bythinella lepta Locard, 1893 (a junior synonym); Paulia berenguieri bourguignati Locard, 1893 (unaccepted rank); Paulia bourguignati Locard, 1883 superseded combination;

Avenionia bourguignati is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its diameter 1 mm.

(Original description in French) The shell is subcylindrical and somewhat short, consisting of four to five fairly convex whorls that increase rapidly in size. The body whorl is slightly ventricose at the top, and the suture is well-marked. The umbilical chink is very narrow, and the aperture is suboval and only slightly oblique. The shell itself is encrusted and blackish in color.^[2]

Distribution

This species is found in central France and the Netherlands. It is known from freshwater springs.^[3]

Synonyms

References

1 2 Avenionia bourguignati (Locard, 1883). 19 May 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
↑ Locard, A. (1893). Conchyliologie française. [I]. Les coquilles des eaux douces et saumâtres de France. Description des familles, genres et espèces. Paris: J.-B. Baillière. p. 84. Retrieved 19 May 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
↑ https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4560811 Gbif.org: distribution]

Glöer P. (2022). The freshwater gastropods of the West Palaearctis. Identification key, Anatomy, Ecology, Distribution. III. Hydrobiidae. Hetlingen: The author. 528 pp.

External links

Locard, A. (1883). "Description d'une espèce nouvelle de mollusque appartenant au genre Paulia". Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 30: 65–69. Retrieved 19 May 2026.

[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Avenionia bourguignati (Locard, 1883). 19 May 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[2] Locard, A. (1893). Conchyliologie française. [I]. Les coquilles des eaux douces et saumâtres de France. Description des familles, genres et espèces. Paris: J.-B. Baillière. p. 84. Retrieved 19 May 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] ttps://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=4560811 Gbif.org: distribution]

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