Common Names
Common Names in English:
Mud Bithynia
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 17 meters (57 feet).Standard Deviation = 46.950 based on 19,682 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:
tentaculata
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scientific name: - Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
tentaculata
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- 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
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
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
Bibliography
- Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 29, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 30, 2007:
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- UK National Biodiversity Network, Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland - Mollusc
- data for Great Britain and Ireland
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2683522
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-70794
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13751821
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 70794
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASF3010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 160139
