Bythinella austriaca is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae.
| Bythinella austriaca | |
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| Two live specimens of Bythinella austriaca | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Bythinellidae |
| Genus: | Bythinella |
| Species: | B. austriaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Bythinella austriaca (von Frauenfeld, 1857)[2] | |
Distribution
The distribution of this species is Carpathian (eastern alpine and Carpathian).[3]
This species occurs in:
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic[4] – it lives mainly in Moravia and in eastern Bohemia, but there are also isolated populations near Prague[5]
- Germany – lives only in Bayern and is endangered (Gefährdet)[6]
- Poland
- Slovakia[4]
Habitat
Bythinella austriaca lives in springs and in brooks near springs.
References
External links
Media related to Bythinella austriaca at Wikimedia Commons