Marine Species Traits - Bithynia minor Locard, 1878 †

Traits taxon details

Bithynia minor Locard, 1878 †

AphiaID

823414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:823414)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Bithynia Leach, 1818

Original name

Bythinia tentaculata var. minor Locard, 1878 †

Synonymised names

Bythinia luberonensis var. allobrogica Fontannes, 1880 † · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Bythinia tentaculata var. minor Locard, 1878 † · unaccepted > superseded rank

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Bythinia tentaculata var. minor Locard, 1878 †) Locard, A. (1878). Description de la faune de la mollasse marine et d'eau douce du Lyonnais et du Dauphiné. <em>Archives du Musèum d'Histoire naturelle de Lyon.</em> 2, 1-284., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9660675
page(s): 66-67 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bithynia minor Locard, 1878 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=823414 on 2025-09-18

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Bithynia minor Locard, 1878 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=823414 on 2025-09-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-11-07 11:36:15Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

2017-11-19 09:56:32Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (3)

original description (of Bythinia luberonensis var. allobrogica Fontannes, 1880 †) Fontannes, F. (1880). Études stratigraphiques et paléontologiques pour servir à l'histoire de la période tertiaire dans le bassin du Rhône. 6. Le Bassin de Crest. H. George, F. Savy, Lyon, Paris, 214 pp.
page(s): 180 (footnote) [details]

original description (of Bythinia tentaculata var. minor Locard, 1878 †) Locard, A. (1878). Description de la faune de la mollasse marine et d'eau douce du Lyonnais et du Dauphiné. <em>Archives du Musèum d'Histoire naturelle de Lyon.</em> 2, 1-284., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9660675
page(s): 66-67 [details]

additional source Fontannes, F. (1878). Etude sur les faunes malacologiques miocènes des environs de Tersanne et de Hauterives (Drôme). Revue des Sciences Naturelles. 6, 394-415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14636462
page(s): 405 [details]