Belgrandiella bachkovoensis

Belgrandiella bachkovoensis is a species of minute freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

Belgrandiella bachkovoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Belgrandiella
Species:
B. bachkovoensis
Binomial name
Belgrandiella bachkovoensis
(Glöer & Georgiev, 2009)

Distribution

The species is endemic to Bulgaria. It has a very restricted distribution in a small stream (approx. 200m in length) in the Western Rhodopes, near the Bedechka River.[1]

References
  1. Georgiev, D. (2010). "Belgrandiella bachkovoensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T172032A6824722. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T172032A6824722.en.

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