Bythinella turca
Appearance
Bythinella turca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Bythinellidae |
Genus: | Bythinella |
Species: | B. turca
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Binomial name | |
Bythinella turca (Radoman, 1976)
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.