Austropyrgus

Austropyrgus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Austropyrgus; Cotton, 1942
Type species
	Paludina nigra ; Quoy & Gaimard, 1834

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. 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 8 February 2014.

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[1] 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.

[clark_et_al-2] 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 8 February 2014.

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