Bythinella austriaca

Bythinella austriaca is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bythinellidae.

• Bythinella austriaca austriaca <small>(Frauenfeld, 1857)</small>
• Bythinella austriaca clessini <small>Rzehac, 1888</small>
• Bythinella austriaca melanostoma <small>Brancsik, 1889</small>
• Bythinella austriaca pavovillatica <small>Canon, 1937</small>
• Bythinella austriaca ehrmanni <small>Pax, 1938</small>: synonym of Bythinella ehrmanni <small>Pax, 1938</small>

Distribution

The distribution of this species is Carpathian (eastern alpine and Carpathian).

This species occurs in:

• Austria (type locality in Vienna)
• Bulgaria
• Czech Republic – it lives mainly in Moravia and in eastern Bohemia, but there are also isolated populations near Prague
• Germany – lives only in Bayern and is endangered (Gefährdet)
• Poland
• Slovakia

Habitat

Bythinella austriaca lives in springs and in brooks near springs.

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