Austropyrgus elongatus

Austropyrgus elongatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Austropyrgus
Species: A. elongatus
Binomial name
Austropyrgus elongatus
(May, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Fluvidona elongatus Smith, 1992
  • Potamopyrgus elongatus May, 1921
  • Pupiphryx elongatus Iredale, 1943

Austropyrgus elongatus 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 eastern Tasmania, Australia. It is only known from one location on Apsley River.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus elongatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T189219A8702987. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189219A8702987.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 elongatus (May, 1921)". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
  • "Austropyrgus elongatus (May, 1921)". Atlas of Living Australia.

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