Austropyrgus nepeanensis
Appearance
Austropyrgus nepeanensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Hydrobiidae |
Genus: | Austropyrgus |
Species: | A. nepeanensis
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Binomial name | |
Austropyrgus nepeanensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
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Austropyrgus nepeanensis is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the Hydrobiidae family. This species is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. It is known from a few small tributaries of the Nepean River in western and south western Sydney.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus nepeanensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T189442A8733000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189442A8733000.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- 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. Supplement 28. The Australian Museum: 1–109. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.28.2003.1377. ISBN 0-7347-2313-X. ISSN 0812-7387. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
External links
[edit]- "Species Austropyrgus nepeanensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
- "Austropyrgus nepeanensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Atlas of Living Australia.