Bithynia_bavelensis

<i>Bithynia bavelensis</i>

Bithynia bavelensis

Extinct species of gastropod

Bithynia bavelensis is an extinct species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

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The specific name bavelensis refers to its type locality, the village Bavel, Netherlands.

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes an Early Pleistocene of the Netherlands.[1]

Description

Operculum of Bithynia bavelensis.

References

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  1. [1]
    Glöer P. (2002). Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., ISBN 3-925919-60-0, page 89.


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