Biology:Austropyrgus foris

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Austropyrgus foris
Scientific classification edit
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

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]

See also

  • List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus foris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2011: e.T188936A8664665. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T188936A8664665.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/188936/0. Retrieved 10 January 2018. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16835795 entry