Austropyrgus grampianensis

Summary

Austropyrgus grampianensis is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the Hydrobiidae family. This species is endemic to western Victoria, Australia. It is known from two small creeks in the Grampians.[1]

Austropyrgus grampianensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Austropyrgus
Species:
A. grampianensis
Binomial name
Austropyrgus grampianensis
(Gabriel, 1939)
Synonyms
  • Angrobia grampianensis Gabriel, 1939
  • Fluvidona grampianensis Smith, 1992
  • Pupiphryx grampianensis Iredale, 1943

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References edit

  1. ^ a b Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus grampianensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T1295A3401709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T1295A3401709.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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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