Bythiospeum tschapecki

Bythiospeum tschapecki is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.

Bythiospeum tschapecki

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Bythiospeum
Species:
B. tschapecki
Binomial name
Bythiospeum tschapecki
(Clessin, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Paladilhia tschapecki (Clessin, 1878)
  • Vitrella tschapecki Clessin, 1878

This species is endemic to Austria,[1] and commemorates Hippolyt Tschapeck (1825–1897), an Austrian malacologist.[2]

References
  1. Reischütz, P. (2010). "Bythiospeum tschapecki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Hippolyt Tshapeck - ein für die Steiermark bedeutender Malakologe


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