Idiopyrgus

Idiopyrgus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Pomatiopsidae
Subfamily: Pomatiopsinae[1]
Genus: Idiopyrgus
Pilsbry, 1911[2]
Diversity[1][3]
1-3 species
Synonyms[1]
  • Aquidauania Davis, 1979[4]
  • Hydracme Haas, 1938

Idiopyrgus is a genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae.[1]

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Idiopyrgus includes Brazil.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Idiopyrgus include:

Malek (1983) noted that Idiopyrgus pilbryi and Idiopyrgus walkeri were described from shells only, but should stay valid until the anatomy of the soft parts is also elucidated.[1]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference[1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Malek E. A. (1983). "The South American hydrobioid genus Idiopyrgus Pilsbry, 1911". The Nautilus 97(1): 16-20.
  2. 1 2 Pilsbry H. A. (1911). "Non-marine mollusca of Patagonia". Reports of Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899 3 (Zool.), pt. 5: pages 564-565.
  3. Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-118.
  4. Davis G. M. (1979). "The origin and evolution of the gastropod family Pomatiopsidae, with emphasis on the Mekong river Triculinae". Academy of natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 20: 1-120. ISBN 978-1-4223-1926-0. at Google Books.
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