Biology:Austropyrgus
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Austropyrgus Cotton, 1942 |
| Type species | |
| Paludina nigra [1] Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
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Austropyrgus is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the Hydrobiidae family. Austropyrgus species are endemic to Australia , where they are found in virtually all freshwater habitats, from high mountain streams to isolated springs in the arid zone.[2]
Species
With 76 recognized species, Austropyrgus is the largest genus of Australian freshwater molluscs and is the most widespread of the Australian freshwater Hydrobiidae genera. Austropyrgus species include:[2]
- Austropyrgus abercrombiensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus angasi (E. A. Smith, 1882)
- Austropyrgus aslini Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus avius Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus buchanensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus bullerensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus bungoniensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus colensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus colludens Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus conicus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus cooma (Iredale, 1943)
- Austropyrgus dyerianus (Petterd, 1879)
- Austropyrgus elongatus (May, 1921)
- Austropyrgus eumekes Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus foris (Ponder, Colgan, Clark, Miller & Terzis, 1994)
- Austropyrgus grampianensis (Gabriel, 1939)
- Austropyrgus halletensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus nepeanensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Austropyrgus ora Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus parvus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus pusillus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus rectoides Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus ronkershawi Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus salvus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus sinuatus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus smithii (Petterd, 1889)
- Austropyrgus tateiformis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
- Austropyrgus tumidus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
References
- ↑ Ponder, W. F. (1988). "Potamopyrgus antipodarum—a molluscan coloniser of Europe and Australia". Journal of Molluscan Studies 54 (3): 271–285. doi:10.1093/mollus/54.3.271.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Clark, Stephanie A.; Miller, Alison C.; Ponder, Winston F. (2003). "Revision of the Snail Genus Austropyrgus (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae): A Morphostatic Radiation of Freshwater Gastropods in Southeastern Australia". Records of the Australian Museum (The Australian Museum) Supplement 28: 1–109. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.28.2003.1377. ISBN 0-7347-2313-X. ISSN 0812-7387. http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17954/1377_complete.pdf. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
Wikidata ☰ Q16835765 entry
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