Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Truncatelloidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Truncatelloidea

Familia: Bithyniidae
Genus: Bithynia
Species: Bithynia forcarti

Name

  • Bithynia forcarti Glöer & Pešić, 2012: figs. 5a–b
Holotype: NMB 11517a.
Type locality: IRAN: Mazandaran Province, Tschalekuti.
Etymology: Named after Lothar Forcart in appreciation on his studies of Iranian freshwater snails.

References

  • Glöer, Peter & Vladimir M. Pešić, 2012: The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species. ZooKeys, 219: 11–61. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.219.3406 .
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