Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the Littorinimorpha.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Bithyniidae Gray, 1857. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182697 on 2016-02-28
Their shells are very small and often colored. They are characterized by a calcareous operculum, a lobe on the upper surface of the neck. The ctenidium, the respiratory gill-comb, is very broad. They have a ciliary feeding habit. The kidney has a large extension towards the mantle.
Genera Genera in the family Bithyniidae include: Alocinna Annandale & Prashad, 1919 Bithynia Leach, 1818 - type genusGlöer P. (2002). Die Süßwassergastropoden Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 326 pp., . Reference for subgenera of genus Bithynia. Subgenus Bithynia Leach, 1818 Subgenus Codiella Locard, 1894 † Celekenia Andrusov, 1902 Boreoelona Starobogatov & Streletzkaja, 1967 Congodoma Mandahl-Barth, 1968 † Daciella Wenz, 1942 Digoniostoma Annandale, 1920 Emmericiopsis Thiele, 1928 † Euchilus Sandberger, 1870 † Ferebithynia Kókay, 2006 Funduella Mandahl-Barth, 1968 Gabbiella Mandahl-Barth, 1968 Hydrobioides Nevill, 1884 Incertihydrobia Verdcourt, 1958 Jubaia Mandahl-Barth, 1968 Limnitesta Mandahl-Barth, 1974 Myosorella Annandale, 1919 Neosataria Kulkarni & Khot, 2015 Neumayria de Stefani, 1877 Parabithynia Pilsbry, 1928 Parafossarulus Annandale, 1924 Pseudobithynia Glöer & Pešić, 2006Glöer P. & Pešić V. (2006). "On the identity of Bithynia graeca Westerlund, 1879 with the description of three new Pseudobithynia n. gen. species from Iran and Greece (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae)". Malakologische Abhandlungen 24: 29-36. Dresden. PDF. Pseudovivipara Annandale, 1918 Sierraia Conolly, 1929 † Tylopoma Brusina, 1882 Wattebledia Crosse, 1886 Genera brought into synonymy Bithinia Leach, 1818: synonym of Bithynia Leach, 1818 Bulimus Scopoli, 1777: synonym of Bithynia Leach, 1818 Bythinia Stein, 1850: synonym of Bithynia Leach, 1818 Digyrcidum Locard, 1882: synonym of Bithynia Leach, 1818 Gabbia Tryon, 1865: synonym of Bithynia (Gabbia) Tryon, 1865 represented as Bithynia Leach, 1818 Paraelona Beriozkina & Starobogatov, 1994: synonym of Bithynia Leach, 1818
References
Strong E. E., Gargominy O., Ponder W. F. & Bouchet P. (2008). "Global Diversity of Gastropods (Gastropoda; Mollusca) in Freshwater". Hydrobiologia 595: 149–166.
External links
Worldwide Mollusk Species Database: Bithyniidae