A new species within the genus Bithynia (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) from northwestern Türkiye

Abstract

In Türkiye, the family Bithyniidae is represented by two genera: Bithynia (Leach, 1818) and Pseudobithynia (Glöer & Pešić, 2006). Recent studies have shown that Bithyniidae species have a broad distribution across southeastern Europe, including Greece, Montenegro, and Bulgaria. In Türkiye, a total of 14 species have been documented so far, with nine belonging to the genus Bithynia and five to Pseudobithynia. We found a new Bithynia species in Kocaçay Stream, situated in the southern Marmara Region. This newly identified species has been compared with all known congeners from nearby ecosystems in Türkiye and neighbouring countries.

http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C9665C20-F606-4763-8C82-E0DCFB23C7D8

Keywords:

• Bithynia alii sp. n
• protected wetland
• freshwater molluscs

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the anonymous referees for making constructive comments.

Disclosure Statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

The Research Foundation of Uludağ University financed this study under the project No: DDP(F)-2018/13.