Austropyrgus

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Truncatelloidea Subfamily Tateinae Rank Genus		Class Gastropoda Family Hydrobiidae Phylum Mollusca
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Austropyrgus is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the Hydrobiidae family. Austropyrgus species are endemic to Australia, where they are found in virtually all freshwater habitats, from high mountain streams to isolated springs in the arid zone.

Species

With 76 recognized species, Austropyrgus is the largest genus of Australian freshwater molluscs and is the most widespread of the Australian freshwater Hydrobiidae genera. Austropyrgus species include:

Austropyrgus bungoniensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus bunyaensis Miller, Ponder & Clark, 1999

Austropyrgus centralia (Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, Clark & Miller, 1996)

Austropyrgus colensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus dyerianus (Petterd, 1879)

Austropyrgus elongatus (May, 1921)

Austropyrgus eumekes Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus foris (Ponder, Colgan, Clark, Miller & Terzis, 1994)

Austropyrgus grampianensis (Gabriel, 1939)

Austropyrgus halletensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus nepeanensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Austropyrgus ora Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus parvus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus pusillus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus rectoides Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus ronkershawi Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus salvus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus sinuatus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus smithii (Petterd, 1889)

Austropyrgus tateiformis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus tumidus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

References

Austropyrgus Wikipedia

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