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메뉴ISSN : 1225-3480
Eight species of the family Bithyniidae, Bithynia tentaculata, B. leachi, B. siaminsis, B manchourica, B misella, B. kiusiuensis, Gabbia australis and a Bithynia wp. collected from Nepal, were studied for their relationship between species. Total 20 characters were employed for the principal component analysis(PCA) and taxonomic distance. G. misella and B. kiusiuensis were closely related and similar to G. australis. B. manchourica, B. tentaculata and B. siamensis relatively closed group, and taxonomic distance of B. leachi was far from the other species.