original description(ofPaludina abbreviata Michaud, 1831)Michaud, A.-L.-G. (1831). <i>Complément de l'Histoire des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France, de J.P.R. Draparnaud</i>. i-xvi, 1-116, Errata (1 p.), 1-12, pls 14-16. [December]. Verdun: Lippmann. , available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33246815 page(s): 98 [details]
basis of recordBank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.[details]
additional sourceGlöer P. (2022). The freshwater gastropods of the West Palaearctis. Identification key, Anatomy, Ecology, Distribution. II. Moitessieriidae, Bythinellidae, Stenothyridae. <em>Hetlingen: The author.</em> 370 pp. page(s): 209, fig. 332 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Known from the type locality only [details] Ecology It is open to question whether Bythinella abbreviata inhabits springs or rather subterranean water courses; it has never been rediscovered nor redescribed by syntypes [details] Type locality France, Lyon, the deposits of the Rhone River [details]