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Notes on Bithynia contortrix Lindholm 1909 (Caenogastropoda, Bithynidae) from the Lake Baikal Region

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Data on the freshwater gastropod Bithynia contortrix Lindholm, 1909 are presented for Lake Baikal and the Barguzin River basin. The data include references to the records of the species in the literature and the results of the studies on the morphology of the shell, radula, and copulatory organ.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to L.L. Yarokhnovich for support while working with the collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg), and V.I. Egorov for help when working in the Electron Microscopy Instrument Center of the Joint Center for Ultramicroanalysis, Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences.

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This work was conducted in accordance with State Task no. 0345-2016-0009 (theme no. AAAA-A16-116122110067-8, Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, morphology studies, and theme no. AAAA-A17-117011810039-4, Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, material collection), with financial support by Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 15-29-02515).

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Sitnikova, T.Y., Bazova, N.V. Notes on Bithynia contortrix Lindholm 1909 (Caenogastropoda, Bithynidae) from the Lake Baikal Region. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 46, 1045–1051 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359019090140

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