Austropyrgus rectoides

Austropyrgus rectoides 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 Tasmania, Australia. It is found in small coastal rivers and streams in northern and western Tasmania and also on Hunter Island.[1]

Austropyrgus rectoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Austropyrgus
Species:
A. rectoides
Binomial name
Austropyrgus rectoides
Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

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References

  1. Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus rectoides". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T189446A8733389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189446A8733389.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

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