Austropyrgus tumidus

Austropyrgus tumidus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Truncatelloidea
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Austropyrgus
Species:	A. tumidus
Binomial name
Austropyrgus tumidus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus tumidus 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 Victoria, Australia. It is known from a few small springs and streams that flow into the lower part of the Glenelg River.

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 tumidus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
• "Austropyrgus tumidus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Atlas of Living Australia.

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Australia