Bythinella austriaca
# Bythinella austriaca

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

## Distribution

The distribution of this species is Carpathian (eastern alpine and Carpathian).

This species occurs in:

* Bulgaria
* Czech Republic – it lives mainly in Moravia and in eastern Bohemia, but there are also isolated populations near Prague
* Germany – lives only in Bayern and is endangered (Gefährdet)
* Poland
* Slovakia

## Habitat

Bythinella austriaca lives in springs and in brooks near springs.

