Bythinella galerae

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. . Downloaded on 9 November 2009.

| taxon = Bythinella galerae

| authority = Girardi, Bichain & Wienin, 2002{{in lang|fr}} Girardi H., Bichain J. M. & Wienin M. (2002) "Description de deux nouvelles espèces de Bythinella (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) de l’exsurgence de Castelbouc (Lozère, France)". Documents Malacologiques 3: 43-54. {{cite web |url=http://malacologie.xooit.fr/t51-Bulletin-en-12-pages.htm |title=HENRI GIRARDI .::. Bulletin en 13 pages |accessdate=2009-11-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121218071043/http://malacologie.xooit.fr/t51-Bulletin-en-12-pages.htm |archivedate=18 December 2012 |df=dmy-all }}

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Bythinella galerae is a species of very small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Amnicolidae.

As of 2002, no living animals had been found. Empty shells were used as the basis for the species description.

Distribution

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This species is endemic to France. The type locality is a cave in Castelbouc, Sainte-Enimie, Lozère.

Ecology

Bythinella galerae is probably a troglobite.

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