Bithynia bavelensis

Bithynia bavelensis is an extinct species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Bithyniidae.

Bithynia bavelensis Temporal range: Early Pleistocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Truncatelloidea
Family:	Bithyniidae
Genus:	Bithynia
Species:	B. bavelensis
Binomial name
Bithynia bavelensis Meijer, 1990

The specific name bavelensis refers to its type locality, the village Bavel, Netherlands.

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes an Early Pleistocene of the Netherlands.^[1]

Description

Operculum of Bithynia bavelensis.