Austropyrgus grampianensis

Austropyrgus grampianensis
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Austropyrgus
Species:	A. grampianensis
Binomial name
Austropyrgus grampianensis (Gabriel, 1939)
Synonyms
Angrobia grampianensis Gabriel, 1939 Fluvidona grampianensis Smith, 1992 Pupiphryx grampianensis Iredale, 1943

Austropyrgus grampianensis is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the Hydrobiidae family. This species is endemic to western Victoria, Australia. It is known from two small creeks in the Grampians.[1]

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

References

1. Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus grampianensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T1295A3401709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T1295A3401709.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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. 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

• "Species Austropyrgus grampianensis (Gabriel, 1939)". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
• "Austropyrgus grampianensis (Gabriel, 1939)". Atlas of Living Australia.