Bythiospeum geyeri

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

Bythiospeum geyeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Bythiospeum
Species:
B. geyeri
Binomial name
Bythiospeum geyeri
(Fuchs, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Lartetia geyeri Fuchs, 1925
  • Paladilhia geyeri Fuchs, 1925

The specific name geyeri is in honor of German zoologist David Geyer (1855-1932).

This species is endemic to Austria.[1]

References
  1. Reischütz, P. (2010). "'Bythiospeum geyeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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