Pseudobithynia pentheri
| Pseudobithynia pentheri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Pseudobithynia |
| Species: | P. pentheri |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudobithynia pentheri | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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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]
Peter Glöer & M. Zeki Yildrim moved the species from the genus Bythinia to the genus Pseudobithynia in 2006.[3]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Turkey.[1]
The type locality is "Vilayet Kayseri. Soisaly 1075 m ü.M".[3]
References
- 1 2 Kebapçı, U. (2014). "Pseudobithynia pentheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014 e.T194693A45399202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T194693A45399202.en. Retrieved 23 April 2026.
- 1 2 Sturany R. (1904). "Kurze Diagnosen neuer Gastropoden". Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German). 41: 115-119 page 116.
- 1 2 3 Glöer P.; Yildrim Z. (2006). "Some records of Bithyniidae from Turkey with the description of Bithynia pesicii n. sp. (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae)" (PDF). Malakologische Abhandlungen. 24: 37–42.
External links
- Sturany R. (1905). Penther A.; Zederbauer E. (eds.). "Schalentragende Mollusken". Annalen des Kaiserlich-königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums in Wien. Ergebnisse einer naturwissenschaftlichen Reise zum Erdschias-Dagh (Kleinasien). 20 (2/3): 295–307. Page 306, fig. 10.