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A new species of the family Bithyniidae (Gastropoda: Littorinimorpha) from Russia, with remarks on some genera of this family

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  • 1. Omsk State Transport University. 35 Karl Marx Ave., 644046, Omsk, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; & Omsk State Agricultural University. 1 Institutskaya Square, 644008, Omsk, RUSSIAN FEDERATION;
  • 2. N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 20 Nikolsky avenue, Arkhangelsk, 163020, RUSSIAN FEDERATION; & Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk, Russia, Severnaya Dvina Emb. 17, 163000 Arkhangelsk, RUSSIAN FEDERATION;
  • 3. St.-Petersburg State University. 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034, St.-Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION. E-mail m.vinarsky@spbu.ru; & Omsk State Pedagogical University, 14 Tukhachevskogo Emb., Omsk, 644099, RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

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Andreeva, Svetlana I., Khrebtova, Irina S., Kondakov, Alexander V., Vinarski, Maxim V. (2025): A new species of the family Bithyniidae (Gastropoda: Littorinimorpha) from Russia, with remarks on some genera of this family. Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal 35 (3): 143-156, DOI: 10.35885/ruthenica.2025.35(3).3, URL: https://doi.org/10.35885/ruthenica.2025.35(3).3

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