Austropyrgus smithii

Austropyrgus smithii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Austropyrgus
Species:	A. smithii
Binomial name
Austropyrgus smithii (Petterd, 1889)
Synonyms
Bithynella smithii Johnston, 1891 Fluvidona smithii Smith, 1992 Potamopyrgus smithii Petterd, 1889 Pupiphryx smithii May, 1958

Austropyrgus smithii 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 western Tasmania, Australia, and is found in a number of small rivers and streams.

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

Further reading

• 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

• "Species Austropyrgus smithii (Petterd, 1889)". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
• "Austropyrgus smithii (Petterd, 1889)". Atlas of Living Australia.