Bythinella turca

Bythinella turca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Bythinella
Species: B. turca
Binomial name
Bythinella turca
(Radoman, 1976)

Bythinella turca is a species of very small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. 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. 1 2 Kebapçı, U. & Seddon, M.B. (2014). "Bythinella turca". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2014: e.T164869A42418371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T164869A42418371.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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