Austropyrgus dyerianus

Austropyrgus dyerianus is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the Hydrobiidae family. This species is endemic to Australia.[1]

Austropyrgus dyerianus
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Truncatelloidea
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Austropyrgus
Species:	A. dyerianus
Binomial name
Austropyrgus dyerianus (Petterd, 1879)
Synonyms
Bithynia dyeriana Petterd, 1879 Bithynia dyeriana Tate & Brazier, 1881 Bithynella dyeriana Johnston, 1891 Potamopyrgus dyeriana May, 1921 Pupiphryx dyeriana Iredale, 1943 Fluvidona dyeriana Smith, 1992

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

References

1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Fluvidona dyeriana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T1294A3400190. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T1294A3400190.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

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 dyerianus (Petterd, 1879)". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
• "Austropyrgus dyerianus (Petterd, 1879)". Atlas of Living Australia.