Pseudobithynia pentheri
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Pseudobithynia pentheri is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
| Pseudobithynia pentheri | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Pseudobithynia |
| Species: | P. pentheri |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudobithynia pentheri | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
|
Bythinia pentheri Sturany, 1904 | |
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]
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