Austropyrgus

Austropyrgus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Austropyrgus
Cotton, 1942
Type species
Paludina nigra[1]
Quoy & Gaimard, 1834

Austropyrgus is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Tateidae. 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.[2]

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:[3][2]

  • Austropyrgus abercrombiensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus angasi (E. A. Smith, 1882)
  • Austropyrgus aslini S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus avius S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus buchanensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus bullerensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus bungoniensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus bunyaensis A. C. Miller, Ponder & S. A. Clark, 1999
  • Austropyrgus centralia (Ponder, Colgan, Terzis, S. A. Clark & A. C. Miller, 1996)
  • Austropyrgus colensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus colludens S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus conicus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus coolingi Ponder, Nimbs & Shea, 2023
  • Austropyrgus cooma (Iredale, 1943)
  • Austropyrgus daylesfordensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus dekeyzeri S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus diemensis (Frauenfeld, 1863)
  • Austropyrgus dyerianus (Petterd, 1879)
  • Austropyrgus elongatus (May, 1921)
  • Austropyrgus eumekes S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus exiguus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus flindersensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus fonscultus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus foris (Ponder, Colgan, S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Terzis, 1994)
  • Austropyrgus gippslandicus (Ponder, Colgan, S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Terzis, 1994)
  • Austropyrgus glenelgensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus goliathus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus gordonensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus grampianensis (Gabriel, 1939)
  • Austropyrgus gunnii (Frauenfeld, 1863)
  • Austropyrgus halletensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus juliae S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus latus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus lippus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus lochi S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus macaulayi S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus macedonensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus macropus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus mersus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus monaroensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus nanoacuminatus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus nanus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus nepeanensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Austropyrgus nitidus (R. M. Johnston, 1879)
  • Austropyrgus ora S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus otwayensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus pagodoides S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus parvus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus petterdianus (Brazier, 1875)
  • Austropyrgus pisinnus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus praecipitis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus privus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus procerus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus pusillus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus rectoides S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus rectus (Ponder, Colgan, S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Terzis, 1994)
  • Austropyrgus ronkershawi S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus salvus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus simsonianus (Brazier, 1875)
  • Austropyrgus sinuatus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus smithii (Petterd, 1889)
  • Austropyrgus solitarius S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus sparsus (Iredale, 1944)
  • Austropyrgus spectus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus stevensmithi S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus synoria S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus tateiformis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus tathraensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus tebus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus tumidus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus turbatus (Ponder, Colgan, S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Terzis, 1994)
  • Austropyrgus vastus S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus viridarium S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus vulgaris S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus wombeyanensis S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003
  • Austropyrgus zeidleri S. A. Clark, A. C. Miller & Ponder, 2003

References

  1. ^ Ponder, W. F. (1988). "Potamopyrgus antipodarum—a molluscan coloniser of Europe and Australia". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 54 (3): 271–285. doi:10.1093/mollus/54.3.271.
  2. ^ a b 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. Supplement 28. The Australian Museum: 1–109. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.28.2003.1377. ISBN 0-7347-2313-X. ISSN 0812-7387. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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