Bithynia

Salvador, Rodrigo B., 2014, The fossil land and freshwater snails of Gündlkofen (Middle Miocene, Germany), Zootaxa 3785 (2), pp. 271-287 : 273

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.2.9
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:664B901F-AAF6-4414-8BC0-18963951FB56
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6138814
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D047E409-B02E-1319-FF02-0016FC4FBC40
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Bithynia
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Treatment

Bithynia View in CoL sp.

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Material examined. BSPG 1952 XVIII 18 (3 opercula).

Previous identification of the material. Gall (1980: Nr. 34): Bithynia (Bithynia) cf. glabra (Zieten). Discussion. The only fossils of this genus in the material from Gündlkofen are opercula; their overall shape and concentric growth pattern indicate the genus Bithynia , but identification at species level is impossible. Paleoecological remarks. Recent Bithynia species live in richly vegetated slow moving or standing waters, some are also found in temporary water bodies ( Welter-Schultes 2012).