Austropyrgus foris

Summary

Austropyrgus foris 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 Victoria, Australia. It is only known from a small stream at Cape Liptrap, near Waratah Bay.[1]

Austropyrgus foris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Austropyrgus
Species:
A. foris
Binomial name
Austropyrgus foris
(Ponder, Colgan, Clark, Miller & Terzis, 1994)
Synonyms
  • Fluvidona foris Ponder, Colgan, Clark, Miller & Terzis, 1994

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus foris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T188936A8664665. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T188936A8664665.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

Further reading edit

  • 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 2 July 2014.

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