Bithynia majorcina
Bithynia majorcina is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Bithyniidae.[1][2]
| Bithynia majorcina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Bithyniidae |
| Genus: | Bithynia |
| Species: | B. majorcina |
| Binomial name | |
| Bithynia majorcina Glöer & Rolán, 2007 | |
Description
Shell yellowish horn-coloured, glossy, with 5.5 whorls, suture shallow, aperture oval rounded at the top, umbilicus slit like. Shell height 7.6-9.5 mm, width 4.9-6.0 mm.[1]
Distribution
The species is only known from Majorca where it lives on calcareous bottom of consolidate sediments with stones in the Torrent (Mountain stream) Son Jordi, which is the locus typicus, and in the Torrent de Sóller.[1]
References
- Glöer 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., ISBN 978-3-939767-05-3.
- Bithynia majorcina Glöer & Rolán, 2007. WoRMS (2010). Bithynia majorcina Glöer & Rolán, 2007. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=475233 on 14 August 2010 .
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