Bithynia tentaculata

Bithynia tentaculata
Left side view of a live Bithynia tentaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Bithyniidae
Genus: Bithynia
Species:
B. tentaculata
Binomial name
Bithynia tentaculata
(Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
Synonyms

. †* Amnicola (Amnicola) meridionalis (Frauenfeld, 1862) (described as Bithynia; junior synonym)

  • Bithynia majewsky Frauenfeld, 1862
  • † Bithynia tentaculata tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · accepted, alternate representation
  • Bulimus tentaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (new combination; genus invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 475)
  • † Bulimus tentaculatus tentaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (genus invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 475)
  • Helix tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Bithynia tentaculata, common names the mud bithynia or common bithynia, or faucet snail[3] is a relatively small species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

  1. ^ Seddon M. B. (2014). "Bithynia tentaculata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  2. ^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. – Vermes. Testacea: 700–781. Holmiae. (Salvius).
  3. ^ Kipp R. M. & Benson A. (2008). Bithynia tentaculata. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=987 Archived 10 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Revision Date: 2/28/2007.