Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Bithyniidae Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Rissooidea Genus Bithynia | |
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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:
The non-native distribution of this species includes the United States.
References
Bithynia pygmaea Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA