Bithynia tentaculata
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Ordo: Sorbeoconcha
Familia: Bithyniidae
Genus: Bithynia
Name
Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Records from Iran
Mazandaran Province (Mansoorian 2000[1]); Gilan and Lorestan Province (Mansoorian 2000[1]).
Rejected records
Mazandaran Province (Forcart 1935[2]).
Remarks
The Euro-Siberian species Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus 1758) has often been mentioned from Iran, Turkey and Greece. However, this species could not be found in Greece (Glöer et al. 2010[3]) and probably does not occur in Turkey. The southern distribution border of this species lies possibly in N Bulgaria (Georgiev pers. comm.). An analysis of the specimens from NMB published by Forcart (1935)[2] as Bithynia tentaculata shows that these specimens represent Bithynia forcarti sp. n. (see below). Thus, Bithynia tentaculata most probably does not occur in Iran and has been confused with Bithynia forcarti sp. n. or possibly with Bithynia mazandaranensis sp. n. (see below).
Distribution
Euro-Siberian.
Taxon Treatment
- Glöer, P; Pešić, V; 2012: The freshwater snails (Gastropoda) of Iran, with descriptions of two new genera and eight new species ZooKeys, 219: 11-61. doi
Other References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mansoorian A (2000) Some freshwater snails from Northern Iran. Iranian Journal Public Health 29(1–4): 77-82.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Forcart L (1935) Die Mollusken der nordpersischen Provinz Masenderan und ihre tiergeographische Bedeutung. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, N.F. 4 (3): 404-447.
- ↑ Glöer P, Pešić V (2010) The Planorbis species of the Balkans with the description of Planorbis vitojensis sp. n. (Gastropoda: Planorbidae). Journal of Conchology 40: 249-257.