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Bithynia pygmaea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Bithyniidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Rissooidea

Genus
  
Bithynia

Bithynia pygmaea

Similar
  
Bithynia siamensis, Bithyniidae, Bithynia

Bithynia pygmaea is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae. It may be threatened by damming of Mekong (both current and planned) and water pollution from industrialisation.

Distribution

The native distribution of this species includes:

  • Malaysia
  • Burma
  • Thailand
  • The non-native distribution of this species includes the United States.

    References

    Bithynia pygmaea Wikipedia