Austropyrgus bunyaensis
| Austropyrgus bunyaensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Austropyrgus |
| Species: | A. bunyaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Austropyrgus bunyaensis Miller, Ponder & Clark, 1999 | |
Austropyrgus bunyaensis 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 southeastern Queensland, Australia. It is only known from small streams near the top of Mount Mowbullan, Bunya Mountains.[1]
References
- 1 2 Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus bunyaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
Further reading
- 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 (The Australian Museum). Supplement 28: 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
- "Species Austropyrgus bunyaensis Miller, Ponder & Clark, 1999". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
- "Austropyrgus bunyaensis Miller, Ponder & Clark, 1999". Atlas of Living Australia.
See also
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