Bythiospeum alpinum

Bythiospeum alpinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Bythiospeum
Species: B. alpinum
Binomial name
Bythiospeum alpinum
Bernasconi, 1988

Bythiospeum alpinum is a species of very small freshwater snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.[1]

It is only known from two locations in central Switzerland, where it is endemic. It is listed under Swiss law.[1]

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