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Pseudobithynia pentheri | |
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Bythinia pentheri Sturany, 1904 |
Pseudobithynia pentheri is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.
The specific name pentheri is in honor of malacologist Arnold Penther, who collected this species.[2]
Glöer & Yildrim (2006)[3] moved this species from the genus Bythinia to the genus Pseudobithynia in 2006.[3]
This species is endemic to Turkey.[1]
The type locality is "Vilayet Kayseri. Soisaly 1075 m ü.M".[3]