Austropyrgus colensis

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

Austropyrgus colensis 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 single location, a few small streams on Mount Cole.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus colensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T189177A8696794. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189177A8696794.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 colensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
  • "Austropyrgus colensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Atlas of Living Australia.

See also

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