Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Truncatelloidea > Family Bithyniidae > Genus Bithynia

Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Helix Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bithynia*	Leach, 1818	accepted genus name
*Codiella*	Locard, 1894	generic synonym
*Digyrcidum*	Locard, 1882	generic synonym

Species group names

*Helix tentaculata*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym
*Missing bourguignati*	Paladilhe, 1869	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: almindelig sumpsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grote diepslak sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: gemeine Schnauzenschnecke sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Swedish: stor snytesnäcka

Literature

basis of record	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (12 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (252 publications)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P. (2014). Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182699

Ruud A. Bank. Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=421898