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Region in Anatolia
Bithynia is a geographical region of northwestern Asia Minor, 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. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: BithyniaA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Molecular identification of trematode parasites infecting the freshwater snail Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos in ThailandInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The life of Apollonius of TyanaThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A chronological framework for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia operculaCited 156 times
- Go sideways: Bithynian coinageA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Kingdom of BithyniaA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A chronological framework for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia opercula
An aminostratigraphy for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia opercula
The ecology of the Bithynia first intermediate hosts of Opisthorchis viverrini
Exceptionally High Prevalence of Infection of Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos with Opisthorchis viverrini Cercariae in Different Wetlands in Thailand and Lao PDR
Life cycles and distribution of the aquatic gastropod molluscs Bithynia tentaculata (L.), Gyraulus albus (Muller), Planorbis planorbis (L.) and Lymnaea peregra (Muller) in relation to water chemistry
High parasite diversity in a neglected host: larval trematodes ofBithynia tentaculatain Central Europe
An ecological study of Bithynia snails, the first intermediate host of Opisthorchis viverrini in northeast Thailand
Effect of soil surface salt on the density and distribution of the snail Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos in northeast Thailand
🆕 Influential since 2022
Molecular identification of trematode parasites infecting the freshwater snail Bithynia siamensis goniomphalos in Thailand
Current assessment of the systematics and population genetics of Opisthorchis viverrini sensu lato (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae) and its first intermediate host Bithynia siamensis sensu lato (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) in Thailand and Southeast Asia
Genus Bithynia: morphological classification to molecular identification
Temperature dependence of Opisthorchis felineus infection in the first intermediate host snail, Bithynia troschelii
Genetic structure and geographical distribution of Bithynia siamensis sensu lato from Khong and Mounlapamok districts, Champasak Province, Laos
📚 Books worth reading
The life of Apollonius of TyanaPhilostratus the Athenian · 1912- 📕Discours bithyniensDio Chrysostom · 1994
Die Gattungen Bulimus, Partula, Achatinella, Achatina und AzecaH. C. Küster · 1845- 📕Entwickelungs-geschichte der Bithynia tentaculata ...P. B. Sarasin · 1882
- 📕Intermediate hosts of schistosomaGeorg Mandahl-Barth · 1958
- 📕Nikomedeia masallarıUfuk Saka · 2004
Die Gattung Placostylus Beck (Bulimus: neue Folge)Wilhelm Kobelt · 1891- 📕Il Nicomede in Bitinia.Carlo Grossi · 1677
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