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Bithynia
Bithynia (; Koine Greek: Βιθυνία, romanized: Bithynía) is a geographical region of northwestern Asia Minor (in present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It borders Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast along the Black Sea coast, and Phrygia to the southeast towards the interior of Asia Minor.
Hellenistic Bithynia was an independent kingdom from the 3rd century BC. Its capital Nicomedia was rebuilt on the site of ancient Astacus in 264 BC by Nicomedes I. Bithynia was bequeathed to the Roman Republic in 74 BC, and became united with the Pontus region as the province of Bithynia and Pontus.
41 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Mud Bithynia
speciesBithynia tentaculata
Leach's Bithynia
speciesBithynia leachii
Bithynia transsilvanica
speciesBithynia transsilvanica
Bithynia majorcina
speciesBithynia majorcina
Bithynia hispanica
speciesBithynia hispanica
Bithynia phialensis
speciesBithynia phialensis
Bithynia inabai
speciesBithynia inabai
Bithynia kobialkai
speciesBithynia kobialkai
Bithynia kastorias
speciesBithynia kastorias
Bithynia italica
speciesBithynia italica
Bithynia prespensis
speciesBithynia prespensis
Bithynia candiota
speciesBithynia candiota
Bithynia graeca
speciesBithynia graeca
Bithynia cerameopoma
speciesBithynia cerameopoma
Bithynia walderdorffii
speciesBithynia walderdorffii
Bithynia lithoglyphoides
speciesBithynia lithoglyphoides
Bithynia montenegrina
speciesBithynia montenegrina
Bithynia nakeae
speciesBithynia nakeae
Bithynia pesicii
speciesBithynia pesicii
Bithynia quintanai
speciesBithynia quintanai
Bithynia skadarskii
speciesBithynia skadarskii
Bithynia textum
speciesBithynia textum
Bithynia zeta
speciesBithynia zeta
Bithynia forcarti
speciesBithynia forcarti
Bithynia hareerensis
speciesBithynia hareerensis
Bithynia mazandaranensis
speciesBithynia mazandaranensis
Bithynia numidica
speciesBithynia numidica
Bithynia pseudemmericia
speciesBithynia pseudemmericia
Bithynia yildirimii
speciesBithynia yildirimii
Bithynia kayrae
speciesBithynia kayrae
Bithynia timmii
speciesBithynia timmii
Bithynia starmuehlneri
speciesBithynia starmuehlneri
Bithynia sibirica
speciesBithynia sibirica
Bithynia abakumovae
speciesBithynia abakumovae
Bithynia corfuensis
speciesBithynia corfuensis
Bithynia danubialis
speciesBithynia danubialis
Bithynia shapkarevi
speciesBithynia shapkarevi
Bithynia cretensis
speciesBithynia cretensis
Bithynia mostarensis
speciesBithynia mostarensis
Bithynia boissieri
speciesBithynia boissieri
Bithynia schwabii
speciesBithynia schwabii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86981.