🦋 Family

Bithyniidae

1 species · Animals

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Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Bithyniidae
Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bithynia tentaculata, the faucet snail, is a Palearctic freshwater gastropod introduced to North America with potential use as a contaminant biomonitor.

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Cypraeidae 60 species Littorinidae 43 species Naticidae 25 species Strombidae 20 species Calyptraeidae 17 species Cymatiidae 15 species Cassidae 14 species Ovulidae 12 species

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