Bithynia tentaculata

Bithynia tentaculata
	Left side view of a live Bithynia tentaculata
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Bithyniidae
Genus:	Bithynia
Species:	B. tentaculata
Binomial name
	Bithynia tentaculata; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	. †* Amnicola (Amnicola) meridionalis (Frauenfeld, 1862) (described as Bithynia; junior synonym) Bithynia majewsky Frauenfeld, 1862; † Bithynia tentaculata tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · accepted, alternate representation; Bulimus tentaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (new combination; genus invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 475); † Bulimus tentaculatus tentaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (genus invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 475); Helix tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination);

Bithynia tentaculata, common names the mud bithynia or common bithynia, or faucet snail^[3] is a relatively small species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

^ Seddon M. B. (2014). "Bithynia tentaculata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
^ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10th edition. – Vermes. Testacea: 700–781. Holmiae. (Salvius).
^ Kipp R. M. & Benson A. (2008). Bithynia tentaculata. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=987 Archived 10 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Revision Date: 2/28/2007.

Bithynia tentaculata

Left side view of a live Bithynia tentaculata
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Bithyniidae
Genus:	Bithynia
Species:	B. tentaculata
Binomial name
*Bithynia tentaculata* (Linnaeus, 1758)^[2]
Synonyms
. †* Amnicola (Amnicola) meridionalis (Frauenfeld, 1862) (described as Bithynia; junior synonym) Bithynia majewsky Frauenfeld, 1862 † Bithynia tentaculata tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · accepted, alternate representation Bulimus tentaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (new combination; genus invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 475) † Bulimus tentaculatus tentaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (genus invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 475) Helix tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)