Biology:Austropyrgus elongatus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Austropyrgus elongatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Austropyrgus
Species:
A. elongatus
Binomial name
Austropyrgus elongatus
(May, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Fluvidona elongatus Smith, 1992
  • Potamopyrgus elongatus May, 1921
  • Pupiphryx elongatus Iredale, 1943

Austropyrgus elongatus 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 Tasmania, Australia . It is only known from one location on Apsley River.[1]

See also

  • List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus elongatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2011: e.T189219A8702987. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189219A8702987.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/189219/0. Retrieved 10 January 2018. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16835786 entry