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Bythinella turca

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Bythinella turca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bythinellidae
Genus: Bythinella
Species:
B. turca
Binomial name
Bythinella turca
(Radoman, 1976)

Bythinella turca is a species of very small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Bythinellidae. 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

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  1. ^ a b Kebapçı, U. & Seddon, M.B. (2014). "Bythinella turca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T164869A42418371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T164869A42418371.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.