Pseudobithynia pentheri explained

Pseudobithynia pentheri is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

The specific name pentheri is in honor of malacologist Arnold Penther, who collected this species.

Peter Glöer & M. Zeki Yildrim moved the species from the genus Bythinia to the genus Pseudobithynia in 2006.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Turkey.

The type locality is "Vilayet Kayseri. Soisaly 1075 m ü.M".^[1]

External links

• Sturany R. (1905). "Schalentragende Mollusken". In: Penther A. & Zederbauer E. "Ergebnisse einer naturwissenschaftlichen Reise zum Erdschias-Dagh (Kleinasien)". Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums in Wien 20(2/3): 295–307. Page 306, fig. 10.

Notes and References

1. Glöer P. & Yildrim Z. (2006). "Some records of Bithyniidae from Turkey with the description of Bithynia pesicii n. sp. (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae)". Malakologische Abhandlungen 24: 37-42. PDF.