Bythinella bouloti is a species of very small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae.

Bythinella bouloti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Bythinellidae
Genus: Bythinella
Species:
B. bouloti
Binomial name
Bythinella bouloti
Girardi, Bichain & Wienin, 2002[1]

As of 2002, no living animals had been found. Empty shells were used as the basis for the species description.[1]

Distribution edit

 
 
Bythinella bouloti (France)

This species is endemic to France. The type locality is a cave in Castelbouc, Sainte-Enimie, Lozère.[1]

Ecology edit

Bythinella bouloti is probably a troglobite.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d (in French) Girardi H., Bichain J. M. & Wienin M. (2002) "Description de deux nouvelles espèces de Bythinella (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) de l’exsurgence de Castelbouc (Lozère, France)". Documents Malacologiques 3: 43-54. "HENRI GIRARDI .::. Bulletin en 13 pages". Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2009.