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Bithyniidae
Sign in to saveBithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.
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faucet snails
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyBithyniidae
Die Schnauzenschnecken (Bithyniidae) sind eine im Süß- und Brackwasser lebende Familie aus der Ordnung der Architaenioglossa innerhalb der Schnecken (Gastropoda).
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Bithyniidae is a family of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha.
Their shells are very small and often colored. They are characterized by a calcareous operculum, a lobe on the upper surface of the neck. The ctenidium, the respiratory gill-comb, is very broad. They have a ciliary feeding habit. The kidney has a large extension towards the mantle.
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