Austropyrgus bungoniensis

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

Austropyrgus bungoniensis 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 southern New South Wales, Australia. It is known from streams and springs flowing from the Bungonia Gorge Caves.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus bungoniensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T189562A8748783. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189562A8748783.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

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. The Australian Museum. Supplement 28: 1–109. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.28.2003.1377. ISBN 0-7347-2313-X. ISSN 0812-7387. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  • "Species Austropyrgus bungoniensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
  • "Austropyrgus bungoniensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Atlas of Living Australia.

See also

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