Bithynia Leach 1818 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Bithyniidae

Alternative spelling: Bithinia

Parent taxon: Bithyniidae according to R. B. Salvador and M. W. Rasser 2016

See also Harzhauser and Binder 2004, Lull 1911, Makowska 1986, Pacaud 1997, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Pan 1977 and Vaught et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Bulimidae, Gabbiella, Lufengospira

Subtaxa: Bithinia (Nematura) Bithynia glabra Bithynia jurinaci Bithynia mengyinense Bithynia stanleyi Bithynia vukotinovici Bithynia yunlongensis

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Poland (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (2)

• Pliocene of Croatia (2), Spain (3), Turkey (1)

• Miocene of Austria (5), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Germany (27), Greece (2), Portugal (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (3), Turkey (2)

• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (2)

• Paleocene of China (2)

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1)

• Jurassic of China (1)

Total: 65 collections including 67 occurrences

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