Bythiospeum
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Bythiospeum is a genus of very small freshwater snail
s that have an operculum
, aquatic
gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae
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Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
s that have an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae
Hydrobiidae
Hydrobiidae, common name mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan taxonomic family of very small freshwater snails and brackish water snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha.- Distribution :...
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Species
Species within the genus Bythiospeum include:- Bythiospeum aciculaBythiospeum aciculaBythiospeum acicula is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to Germany.-References:...
- Bythiospeum alpinumBythiospeum alpinumBythiospeum alpinum is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to Switzerland.-References:...
- Bythiospeum articenseBythiospeum articenseBythiospeum articense is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to France.-References:* Bouchet, P. 1996. . Downloaded on 6 August 2007....
- Bythiospeum bourguignatiBythiospeum bourguignatiBythiospeum bourguignati is a species of very small freshwater snail that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to France.-References:* Bouchet, P. 1996. . Downloaded on 6 August 2007....
- Bythiospeum bressanumBythiospeum bressanumBythiospeum bressanum is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to France.-References:* Bouchet, P. 1996. . Downloaded on 6 August 2007....
- Bythiospeum cisterciensorumBythiospeum cisterciensorumBythiospeum cisterciensorum is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to Austria.-References:* Haase, M. 1996. . Downloaded on 6 August 2007....
- Bythiospeum diaphanumBythiospeum diaphanumBythiospeum diaphanum is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to France and Switzerland.-References:...
- Bythiospeum elseriBythiospeum elseriBythiospeum elseri is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to Austria.-References:* Haase, M. 1996. . Downloaded on 6 August 2007....
- Bythiospeum garnieriBythiospeum garnieriBythiospeum garnieri is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to France.-References:* Bouchet, P. 1996. . Downloaded on 6 August 2007....
- Bythiospeum geyeriBythiospeum geyeriBythiospeum geyeri is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.The specific name geyeri is in honor of German zoologist David Geyer ....
- Bythiospeum noricumBythiospeum noricumBythiospeum noricum is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to Austria.-References:...
- † Bythiospeum pfeifferiBythiospeum pfeifferiBythiospeum pfeifferi is an extinct species of very small freshwater snail that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae....
(Clessin, 1890) - Bythiospeum quenstedtiBythiospeum quenstedtiBythiospeum quenstedti is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to Germany.-References:...
- Bythiospeum reisalpenseBythiospeum reisalpenseBythiospeum reisalpense is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to Austria.-References:* Haase, M. 1996. . Downloaded on 6 August 2007....
- Bythiospeum sandbergeriBythiospeum sandbergeriBythiospeum sandbergeri is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to Germany.-References:...
- Bythiospeum tschapeckiBythiospeum tschapeckiBythiospeum tschapecki is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.This species is endemic to Austria.-References:* Haase, M. 1996. . Downloaded on 6 August 2007....
External links
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