Bithynia is a genus of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Bithyniidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Bithynia Leach, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182698 on 2014-11-19

The diploid chromosome number of Bithynia sp. from Egypt is 2n=32.Tohamy A. A. & Mohamed S. M. (2006). "Chromosomal studies on two Egyptian freshwater snails, Cleopatra and Bithynia (Mollusca-Prosobranchiata)". Arab J. Biotech. 9(1): 17-26. PDF .

Distribution Lake Skadar with five species of Bithynia is a biodiversity hotspot of Bithynia evolution.Pešić V. & Glöer P. (2013). "A new freshwater snail genus (Hydrobiidae, Gastropoda) from Montenegro, with a discussion on gastropod diversity and endemism in Skadar Lake". ZooKeys 281: 69-90.

Species Glöer (2002)Glöer P. (2002). Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., , page 190-194. recognized four subgenera Bithynia, Codiella, Neumayria and Parafossarulus within European species. He reassigned two European extinct species of Parafossarulus into a subgenus of the genus Bithynia, but the genus Parafossarulus is generally accepted for the Asian species. The subgenus Digoniostoma is also recognized for Asian species.

Subgenera and species within the genus Bithynia include:

Subgenus Bithynia Leach, 1818 Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758) - Common (or mud) bithynia - type species

Subgenus Codiella Locard, 1894 Bithynia leachii (Sheppard, 1823) Bithynia transsilvanica (Bielz, 1853) - synonym: Bithynia troschelii (Paasch 1842)

Subgenus Neumayria De Stefani, 1887Stefani (1876). Atti Soc. Toscana Sci. nat. 2: 165 [nomen novum]; (1877) 3: 322. † Bithynia bavelensis Meijer, 1990

Subgenus Digoniostoma Annandale, 1920Annandale (1920). Indian J. med. Res. 8: 104. Bithynia funiculata Walker, 1927 Bithynia siamensis Lea, 1856.

Subgenus Incertae sedisYildirim M. Z., Koca S. B. & Kebapçi U. (2006). "Supplement to the Prosobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Fauna of Fresh and Brackish Waters of Turkey". Turkish Journal of Zoology 30: 197-204. PDF Bithynia phialensis (Conrad, 1852) Bithynia pseudemmericia Schütt, 1964

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† Bithynia almerai Almera, 1894 † Bithynia berthelini Depéret, 1894 Bithynia boissieri (Küster, 1852)Species in genus Bithynia (n=13). AnimalBase, accessed 30 December 2012. † Bithynia brusinai Halaváts, 1903 † Bithynia budinici Brusina, 1902 Bithynia candiota Westerlund, 1886 Bithynia canyamelensis Altaba, 2007 Bithynia cerameopoma (Benson, 1830) Bithynia cettinensis Clessin, 1887 † Bithynia clessini Brusina, 1884 Bithynia cretensis Glöer & Maassen, 2009 † Bithynia croatica Pilar, 1874 † Bithynia cyclostoma (Rousseau, 1842) Bithynia danubialis Glöer & Georgiev, 2012 † Bithynia dunkeri Gude, 1913 † Bithynia erzuruma Schütt, 1991 Bithynia forcarti Glöer & Pešić, 2012 † Bithynia fuchsi Willmann, 1981 Bithynia fuchsiana (Möllendorff, 1888) Bithynia ghodaghodiensis Glöer & Bössneck, 2013 † Bithynia giralanensis Oppenheim, 1919 † Bithynia glabra (von Zieten, 1832) Bithynia graeca Westerlund, 1879 Bithynia hambergerae A. Reischütz, N. Reischütz & P. L. Reischütz, 2008 Bithynia italica (Paulucci, 1879) † Bithynia jurinaci Brusina, 1884 Bithynia kobialkai Glöer & Beckmann, 2007Glöer P. & Beckmann K.-H. (2007). "Radix lilli n. sp. und drei neue Bithynia-Arten von den Balearen (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae, Lymnaeidae). pp. 163-170. In: Beckmann K.-H.: Die Land- und Süßwassermollusken der Balearischen Inseln. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 255 pp., . † Bithynia leberonensis Fischer & Tournouër, 1873 Bithynia lithoglyphoides (Nesemann & G. Sharma, 2007) Bithynia longicornis Benson - in China Bithynia majorcina Glöer & Rolán, 2007Glöer P. & Rolán E. (2007). "Bithynia majorcina n. sp., a new species from the Balearics (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae). pp. 159-162. In: Beckmann K.-H.: Die Land- und Süßwassermollusken der Balearischen Inseln. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 255 pp., . Bithynia manonellesi Altaba, 2007 † Bithynia marasinica Andrusov, 1909 Bithynia mazandaranensis Glöer & Pešić, 2012 † Bithynia mediocris Ludwig, 1865 † Bithynia minor Locard, 1878 Bithynia misella (Gredler, 1884) Bithynia montenegrina Wohlberedt, 1901 Bithynia mostarensis Möllendorff, 1873 † Bithynia multicostata Tchernov, 1975 Bithynia nakeae Glöer & Beckmann, 2007 Bithynia numidica Bourguignat, 1864 Bithynia orcula Frauenfeld, 1862 Bithynia pauli Altaba, 2007 Bithynia pesicii Glöer & Yildirim, 2006 Bithynia phialensis (Conrad, 1852) † Bithynia phrygica (Fischer in Tchihatcheff, 1866) † Bithynia pilari Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875 † Bithynia pisidica Oppenheim, 1919 † Bithynia podarensis (Pană in Pană et al., 1981) † Bithynia pontica Gozhik, 2002 Bithynia prespensis Hadžišče, 1963 Bithynia prestoni Glöer & Bössneck, 2013 † Bithynia protemmericia Willmann, 1981 Bithynia pseudemmericia Schütt, 1964 Bithynia pulchella (Benson, 1836) Bithynia quintanai Glöer & Beckmann, 2007 Bithynia radomani Glöer & Pešić, 2007 Bithynia raptiensis Glöer & Bössneck, 2013 Bithynia reharensis Glöer & Bössneck, 2013 Bithynia riddifordi Altaba, 2007 † Bithynia rubella Schütt in Schütt & Besenecker, 1973 Bithynia rubens (Menke, 1830) † Bithynia rumana Porumbaru, 1881 † Bithynia sabbae Gozhik, 2002 † Bithynia schuetti Schlickum & Strauch, 1974 Bithynia schwabii Frauenfeld, 1865 † Bithynia sermenazensis Depéret, 1894 Bithynia shapkarevi Glöer, Shoreva & Slavevska-Stamenković, 2015 Bithynia sibirica Westerlund, 1886 Bithynia sistanica (Annandale & Prashad, 1919) Bithynia skadarskii Glöer & Pešić, 2007 Bithynia starmuehlneri Glöer & Pešić, 2012 Bithynia stenothyroides (Dohrn, 1857) Bithynia subbaraoi Glöer & Bössneck, 2013 Bithynia timmii Odabaşı & Arslan, 2015 Bithynia transsilvanica Bielz, 1853 † Bithynia ungeri (Rolle, 1860) † Bithynia veneria Fontannes, 1881 † Bithynia verneuili (Mayer, 1856) † Bithynia verrii de Stefani, 1880 Bithynia vukotinovici Brusina, 1874 † Bithynia walderdorffii Frauenfeld, 1865 Bithynia walkeri (Brandt, 1968) Bithynia yildirimi Glöer & Georgiev, 2012 Bithynia zeta Glöer & Pešić, 2007 † Bithynia zoranici Brusina, 1902

Synonyms: Bithynia badiella (Küster, 1852): synonym of Pseudobithynia badiella (Küster, 1853) † Bithynia bengestensis Fontannes, 1887: synonym of † Tylopoma bengestiensis (Fontannes, 1887) † Bithynia brusinai Halaváts, 1903: synonym of † Lithoglyphus acutus decipiens Brusina, 1885 † Bithynia crassitesta (Brömme, 1883): synonym of † Parafossarulus crassitesta (Brömme, 1883) † Bithynia curta Locard, 1893: synonym of † Bithynia glabra helvetica (Wenz, 1930) † Bithynia gracilis Sandberger, 1875: synonym of † Bithynia glabra glabra (von Zieten, 1832) Bithynia hamicensis Pallary, 1939: synonym of Pseudobithynia hamicensis (Pallary, 1939) † Bithynia labiata Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875: synonym of † Neumayria labiata (Neumayr in Herbich & Neumayr, 1875) Bithynia leachi (Sheppard, 1823): synonym of Bithynia leachii (Sheppard, 1823) Bithynia majewsky Frauenfeld, 1862: synonym of Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758) † Bithynia margaritula Fuchs, 1870: synonym of † Pseudamnicola (Pseudamnicola) margaritula (Fuchs, 1870) Bithynia narentana Locard, 1874 : synonym of Bithynia mostarensis Möllendorff, 1873 Bithynia pentheri Sturany, 1904: synonym of Pseudobithynia pentheri (Sturany, 1904) Bithynia phaeacina Locard, 1887: synonym of Pseudobithynia renei (Letourneux, 1887) † Bithynia podwinensis Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875: synonym of † Neumayria podwinensis (Neumayr in Neumayr & Paul, 1875) † Bithynia proxima Fuchs, 1870: synonym of † Pseudamnicola proxima (Fuchs, 1870) Bithynia saulcyi Bourguignat, 1853: synonym of Pseudobithynia saulcyi (Bourguignat, 1853) † Bithynia scalaris Fuchs, 1877: synonym of † Bythinella megarensis Bukowski, 1896 † Bithynia spoliata Stefanescu, 1896: synonym of † Neumayria spoliata (Stefanescu, 1896) Bithynia stossichiana Locard, 1894: synonym of Pseudobithynia renei (Letourneux, 1887) Bithynia uzielliana Issel, 1866: synonym of Gangetia uzielliana (Issel, 1866) † Bithynia vucotinovici Brusina, 1874: synonym of † Neumayria vukotinovici (Brusina, 1874) † Bithynia vukotinovici Brusina, 1874: synonym of † Neumayria vukotinovici (Brusina, 1874)

See also Parafossarulus

References

Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2012) The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. ZooKeys 219: 11–61

External links

Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2007). "The Bithynia species from Skadar Lake (Montenegro) (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae)". Mollusca 25(1): 7-12. Dresden.