Austropyrgus rectoides

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

Austropyrgus rectoides 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 Tasmania, Australia. It is found in small coastal rivers and streams in northern and western Tasmania and also on Hunter Island.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus rectoides". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T189446A8733389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189446A8733389.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 rectoides Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
  • "Austropyrgus rectoides Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Atlas of Living Australia.

See also

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