''Bythinella gloeeri'' is a
species of very small
freshwater snail
Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...
, an
aquatic gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Amnicolidae (according to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Distribution
This species is
endemic to
Bulgaria, and is known only from a river in
Lepenitsa Cave, in the
Western Rhodopes
The Rhodopes (; bg, Родопи, ; el, Ροδόπη, ''Rodopi''; tr, Rodoplar) are a mountain range in Southeastern Europe, and the largest by area in Bulgaria, with over 83% of its area in the southern part of the country and the remainder ...
mountain range.
References
Bythinella
Gastropods described in 2009
Endemic fauna of Bulgaria
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