Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 4 meters (12 feet).Standard Deviation = 16.740 based on 9,515 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Neotaenioglossa
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
()
- Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily:
Rissooidea
()
- J.e. Gray, 1847
- Family:
Bithyniidae
()
- Genus:
Bithynia
()
- Leach, 1818
- Specific name:
leachi
- (Sheppard)
- Scientific name: - Bithynia leachi (Sheppard)
- Specific name:
leachi
- (Sheppard)
- Genus:
Bithynia
(
- Family:
Bithyniidae
(
- Superfamily:
Rissooidea
(
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Neotaenioglossa
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bithynia
There are approximately 45 species in this genus:
B. acutus · B. africana · B. badiella · B. boisieri · B. boissieri · B. candiota · B. dautzembergiana · B. digoniostoma · B. funiculata · B. graeca · B. inabai · B. inflata · B. italica · B. kiusiuensis · B. leachi · B. leachi prespensis · B. leachi var. major von Martens, 1875 · B. leachii · B. longicornis · B. majewskyi · B. mostarensis · B. phialensis · B. pseudemmericia · B. pseudoemmericia · B. pygmaea · B. rubens · B. schwabii · B. senaarensis · B. siamensis · B. siamensis goniomphalos · B. siamensis goniomphalus · B. siamensis kintana · B. siamensis siamensis · B. stanleyi var. humerosa von Martens, 1879 · B. stenothyroides · B. striatula · B. tentacula · B. tentaculata (Mud Bithynia) · B. tentaculata citrina · B. tentaculata tentaculata · B. troscheli · B. troschelii · B. ventricosa · B. walderdorffii · B. wykoffi
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 05, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 05, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- NLBIF, Limnodata
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6027919
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16064655
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 610578
