Bythinella austriaca is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bythinellidae.
Subspecies Bythinella austriaca austriaca (Frauenfeld, 1857) Bythinella austriaca clessini Rzehac, 1888 Bythinella austriaca melanostoma Brancsik, 1889 Bythinella austriaca pavovillatica Canon, 1937 Bythinella austriaca ehrmanni Pax, 1938: synonym of Bythinella ehrmanni Pax, 1938
Distribution The distribution of this species is Carpathian (eastern alpine and Carpathian). Lisický M. J. (1991). Mollusca Slovenska [The Slovak molluscs]. VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, 344 pp.
This species occurs in: Austria (type locality in Vienna) Bulgaria Czech Republic Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1–37. PDF. – it lives mainly in Moravia and in eastern Bohemia, but there are also isolated populations near Prague Beran L. (2010). Izolované populace praménky Bythinella austriaca (Frauenfeld, 1857) (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) v okolí Prahy. [Isolated populations of Bythinella austriaca (Frauenfeld, 1857) (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) in Prague surroundings (Czech Republic)]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca 9: 5–10. PDF Germany – lives only in Bayern and is endangered (Gefährdet) Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003) Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 106, Poland Slovakia
Habitat Bythinella austriaca lives in springs and in brooks near springs.
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