Austropyrgus sinuatus 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 western Victoria, Australia. It is known from only one location on Mount Emu Creek, south of Terang.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Hydrobiidae |
Genus: | Austropyrgus |
Species: | A. sinuatus
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Binomial name | |
Austropyrgus sinuatus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus sinuatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T189082A8676901. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189082A8676901.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.
External links
edit- "Species Austropyrgus sinuatus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
- "Austropyrgus sinuatus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Atlas of Living Australia.