Austropyrgus
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| Genus: | Austropyrgus Cotton, 1942
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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.
- ^ a b 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" (PDF). 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. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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