Potamopyrgus
| Potamopyrgus | |
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| Potamopyrgus antipodarum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Tateidae |
| Genus: | Potamopyrgus Stimpson, 1865 |
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Potamopyrgus is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Tateidae.[1]
Distribution
This genus is endemic to New Zealand and south eastern Australia.
However, one species within this genus, P. antipodarum, has been accidentally introduced in many countries worldwide, especially in Europe and North America, and has become a problematic invasive species.
Species
Species within the genus Potamopyrgus include:
- Potamopyrgus acus Haase, 2008
- Potamopyrgus alexenkoae Anistratenko in Anistratenko & Stadnichenko, 1995
- Potamopyrgus antipodarum J. E. Gray, 1843 - (syn. Potamopyrgus jenkinsi)
- Potamopyrgus corolla (Gould) (Type species)
- Potamopyrgus dawbini Powell, 1955
- Potamopyrgus doci Haase, 2008
- Potamopyrgus estuarinus Winterbourn, 1971
- Potamopyrgus kaitunaparaoa Haase, 2008
- Potamopyrgus melvilli Hedley, 1916
- Potamopyrgus oppidanus Haase, 2008
- Potamopyrgus oscitans Iredale, 1944
- Potamopyrgus polistchuki Anistratenko, 1991
- Potamopyrgus pupoides Hutton, 1882
- Potamopyrgus troglodytes Climo, 1974
- Species brought into synonymy
- Potamopyrgus amazonicus Haas, 1949: synonym of Dyris amazonicus (Haas, 1949)
- Potamopyrgus brevior Ancey, 1905: synonym of Fluviopupa brevior (Ancey, 1905)
- Potamopyrgus cresswelli Climo, F. M., 1974: synonym of Rakiurapyrgus cresswelli (Climo, 1974)
- Potamopyrgus gardneri Climo, 1974: synonym of Rakipyrgus gardneri (Climo, 1974)
- Potamopyrgus jenkinsi E. A. Smith, 1889: synonym of Potamopyrgus antipodarum J.E. Gray, 1843
- Potamopyrgus manneringi Climo, 1974: synonym of Leptopyrgus manneringi (Climo, 1974)
- Potamopyrgus ruppiae Hedley, 1912: synonym of Ascorhis victoriae Tenison-Woods, 1878
- Potamopyrgus subterraneus Suter, 1905: synonym of Tongapyrgus subterraneus (Suter, 1905)
References
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Potamopyrgus Stimpson, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147122 on 2014-07-29
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp