MolluscaBase - Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

182699 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182699)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Bithynia Leach, 1818

Original name

Helix tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Amnicola (Amnicola) meridionalis (von Frauenfeld, 1862) · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Bithinia tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Bithinia tentaculata var. gigas Mörch, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Bithinia tentaculata var. pellucida Wattebled, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Bithynia (Bithynia) curta (Garnier, 1840) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Bithynia (Bithynia) decipiens (Millet, 1813) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Bithynia (Bithynia) producta Moquin-Tandon, 1856 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Bithynia (Bithynia) tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation

Bithynia (Milletelona) decipiens Millet, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Bithynia decipiens (Millet, 1843) · unaccepted (a junior synonym)

Bithynia hambergerae A. Reischütz, N. Reischütz & P. L. Reischütz, 2008 · unaccepted

Bithynia majewskyi von Frauenfeld, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Bithynia meridionalis von Frauenfeld, 1862 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)

invalid: junior homonym of Bithynia meridionalis Risso, 1826

Bithynia producta Moquin-Tandon, 1856 · unaccepted

Bithynia tentaculata f. producta Menke · unaccepted

Bithynia tentaculata var. producta Moquin-Tandon, 1856 · unaccepted

Bulimus tentaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (new combination; genus invalid:...)

new combination; genus invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 475

Bulimus tentaculatus var. magnalacustris F. C. Baker, 1928 · unaccepted

Bythinia allopoma Westerlund, 1886 · unaccepted

Bythinia ardussonica J. Ray, 1884 · unaccepted

Bythinia gravida J. Ray, 1884 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)

Bythinia parva Locard, 1893 · unaccepted

Bythinia potamica Locard, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Bythinia sebethina Coutagne, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Bythinia stramicensis Locard, 1893 · unaccepted

Bythinia tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (Bythinia is an unjustified...)

Bythinia is an unjustified emendation of Bithynia

Bythinia tentaculata var. bottnica Clessin, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Bythinia tentaculata var. decollata Jeffreys, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Bythinia tentaculata var. excavata Jeffreys, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Cyclostoma impurum Draparnaud, 1801 · unaccepted (unnecessary sybstitute name for...)

unnecessary sybstitute name for Helix tentaculata

Helix tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Nerita jaculator O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Nerita jaculatrix Schrank, 1803 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Paludina decipiens Millet, 1843 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)

Paludina impura (Draparnaud, 1801) · unaccepted

Paludina impura var. curta Picard, 1840 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Paludina impura var. producta Menke, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (nomen nudum)

Turbo janitor Vallot, 1801 · unaccepted

Turbo nucleus Da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Subspecies Bithynia tentaculata tellinii Sacco, 1886 †
Subspecies Bithynia tentaculata tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Forma Bithynia tentaculata f. producta Menke accepted as Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Bithynia tentaculata var. kashmirensis G. Nevill, 1885 accepted as Bithynia kashmirense G. Nevill, 1885 accepted as Digoniostoma kashmirense (Nevill, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Variety Bithynia tentaculata var. producta Moquin-Tandon, 1856 accepted as Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Helix tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182699 on 2026-06-28

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-09-29 07:51:57Z

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2013-01-20 10:33:17Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2014-11-07 12:52:42Z

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Neubauer, Thomas A.

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original description (of Helix tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 774 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Bithynia hambergerae A. Reischütz, N. Reischütz & P. L. Reischütz, 2008) Reischütz, A.; Reischütz, N.; Reischütz, P.L. (2008). Ein Nachtrag zur Kenntnis der Bithynia-Arten von Montenegro (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Bythiniidae). Nachrichtenblatt der Ersten Vorarlberger Malakologischen Gesellschaft. 15: 41-43. Rankweil. [details]

original description (of Bithynia majewskyi von Frauenfeld, 1862) Frauenfeld, G. von. (1862). Versuch einer Aufzählung der Arten der Gattung Bithynia Lch. und Nematura Bns. nach der kaiserlichen und Cuming's Sammlung. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 12, Abhandlungen: 1145–1170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55374840
page(s): 1153; note: as B. majewsky [details]

original description (of Bithynia meridionalis von Frauenfeld, 1862) Frauenfeld, G. von. (1862). Versuch einer Aufzählung der Arten der Gattung Bithynia Lch. und Nematura Bns. nach der kaiserlichen und Cuming's Sammlung. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 12, Abhandlungen: 1145–1170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55374840
page(s): 1153 [details]

original description (of Bythinia gravida J. Ray, 1884) Ray J. (1884). Description de deux Bythinies nouvelles du département de l'Aube. Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France. 1: 155-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890789
page(s): 155 [details]

original description (of Paludina decipiens Millet, 1843) Millet, P.A. (1843). Description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de mollusques de France. Magasin de Zoologie. ser. 2, 5: 1-4, pls 63-64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41155304
page(s): 2, pl. 63 fig. 2. [details]

original description (of Bulimus tentaculatus var. magnalacustris F. C. Baker, 1928) Baker, F. C. (1928). The fresh water Mollusca of Wisconsin. Part I. Gastropoda. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin. 70: xx + 507 pp., available online at https://wgnhs.wisc.edu/catalog/publication/000095/resource/b070
page(s): 81, pl. 5, fig. 22 [details]

original description (of Bithynia tentaculata var. producta Moquin-Tandon, 1856) Moquin-Tandon, A. (1855-1856). Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de France, Tome premier (1): i-viii, 1-14 + Atlas: 1-16, pl. 1-9 (12 April 1855); (2): 145-256 + Atlas: 17-32, pl. 10-18 (4 May 1855); (3): 257-416 + Atlas: 33-48, pl. 19-27 (1 August 1855). Tome second (4): i-iii, 1-176 + Atlas: 49-64, pl. 28-36 (10 September 1855); (5): 177-368 + Atlas: 65-80, pl. 37-45 (2 January 1856); (6): 369-646 + Atlas: i-iii, 81-92, pl. 46-54 (9 April 1856). Paris (J.-B. Baillière)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32068638
page(s): 2: 528, pl. 39 fig. 41 [details]

original description (of Cyclostoma impurum Draparnaud, 1801) Draparnaud, J. P. R. (1801). Tableau des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. Montpellier / Paris (Renaud / Bossange, Masson & Besson). 1-116. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28587765
page(s): 41 [details]

original description (of Paludina impura var. producta Menke, 1830) Menke, K. T. (1830). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961 [details]

original description (of Nerita jaculator O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1773-1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. [Book]. Vol. 1: 1-136 Infusoria [1773] / Vol1 [part 2] 1-78 Helminthica 1-72 [1774] ; Vol. 2: 1-214 Testacea + index 8 pp. [1774]. Havniæ (Copenhagen) & Lipsiæ (Leipzig): Heineck & Faber., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50344
page(s): 2: 185 [details]

original description (of Turbo janitor Vallot, 1801) Vallot, J. N. (1801). École Centrale du département de la Côte d'Or. Exercice sur l'histoire naturelle. 8 pp. Dijon: Frantin. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48947054
page(s): 6 [details]

original description (of Bythinia ardussonica J. Ray, 1884) Ray J. (1884). Description de deux Bythinies nouvelles du département de l'Aube. Bulletins de la Société malacologique de France. 1: 155-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14890789
page(s): 156 [details]

original description (of Bythinia allopoma Westerlund, 1886) Westerlund, C. A. (1886). Fauna der in der paläarctischen Region (...) lebenden Binnenconchylien. VI. Fam. Ampullaridae, Paludinidae, Hydrobiidae, Melanidae, Valvatidae & Neritidae. Lund: Håkan Ohlsson. 156 + 13 (Register) pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10887359
page(s): 15 [details]

original description (of Bythinia stramicensis Locard, 1893) Locard, A. (1893). Notices conchyliologiques. XXI. Les Bythinies de la faune française. L'Échange (Revue Linnéenne), 9 (97): 4-5. Lyon [January]
page(s): 4 [details]

original description (of Bythinia parva Locard, 1893) Locard, A. (1893). Notices conchyliologiques. XXI. Les Bythinies de la faune française. L'Échange (Revue Linnéenne), 9 (97): 4-5. Lyon [January]
page(s): 5 [details]

original description (of Bythinia sebethina Coutagne, 1881) Coutagne G. (1881). Notes sur la faune malacologique du bassin du Rhône. 55 pp. Pitrat ainé, Lyon. Offprint of (1882) Notes sur la faune malacologique de la partie centrale du bassin du Rhône. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, new ser., 28 [“1881”]: 1-55. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54599804
page(s): 24, 45 [details]

original description (of Bythinia tentaculata var. bottnica Clessin, 1878) Clessin, S. (1878). Nordschwedische Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter. 25: 67–79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15855438
page(s): 71, pl. 3, fig. 7 [details]

original description (of Bithinia tentaculata var. pellucida Wattebled, 1889) Wattebled, G. (1889). Catalogue des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, observés aux environs d'Auxonne (Côte-d'Or). Journal de Conchyliolgie. 37: 306-362.
page(s): 343 [details]

original description (of Turbo nucleus Da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 91, pl. V, fig. 2 [details]

original description (of Nerita jaculatrix Schrank, 1803) Schrank, F. v. P. (1793-1803). Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Bayern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. 3 vols. Nürnberg, Ingolstadt & Landshut, 1798-1803. 3 (2)1803: 255-260.
page(s): 290 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Bythinia tentaculata var. excavata Jeffreys, 1862) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 1: 61 [details]

original description (of Bythinia tentaculata var. decollata Jeffreys, 1862) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 1: 60 [details]

original description (of Bithinia tentaculata var. gigas Mörch, 1864) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1864). Fortegnelse over de i Danmark forekommende land- og ferskvandsblöddyr. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Köbenhavn. (2) 1863 (17-22): 265-367., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35851876
page(s): 325 [details]

original description (of Paludina impura var. curta Picard, 1840) Picard C. (1840). Histoire de mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles qui vivent dans le département de la Somme. Bulletin de la Societe Linnéenne du Nord de la France. 1: 149-328.
page(s): 304 [details]

original description (of Bythinia potamica Locard, 1893) Locard, A. (1893). Conchyliologie française. [I]. Les coquilles des eaux douces et saumâtres de France. Description des familles, genres et espèces. 1-327. Paris (J.-B. Baillière)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12977684
page(s): 73 [details]

context source (Schelde) Van Ryckegem, G.; Van Braeckel, A.; Elsen, R.; Speybroeck, J.; Vandevoorde, B.; Mertens, W.; Breine, J.; Van den Bergh, E. (2014). MONEOS – Geïntegreerd datarapport: INBO: toestand Zeeschelde 2013 Monitoringsoverzicht en 1ste lijnsrapportage Geomorfologie, diversiteit Habitats en diversiteit Soorten. Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, INBO.R.2014.2646963. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO): Brussel. 137 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Kendall, C. E. Y. (1927). Occurrence of opercula in shore deposits. The Nautilus. 40(3): 99-100., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523234 [details]

additional source Pilsbry, H. A. (1932). Bithynia tentaculata (L.) in the Potomac. The Nautilus. 46(2): 69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519416 [details]

additional source Marshall, W. B. (1933). Bulimus tentaculatus (L.) (Bithynia tentaculata) living in the Potomac River. The Nautilus. 46(4): 141-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519500 [details]

identification resource Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.
page(s): 104. [details]