Austropyrgus elongatus

Austropyrgus elongatus 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 eastern Tasmania, Australia. It is only known from one location on Apsley River.[1]

Austropyrgus elongatus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Truncatelloidea
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Austropyrgus
Species:	A. elongatus
Binomial name
Austropyrgus elongatus (May, 1921)
Synonyms
Fluvidona elongatus Smith, 1992 Potamopyrgus elongatus May, 1921 Pupiphryx elongatus Iredale, 1943

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

References

1. Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus elongatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T189219A8702987. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189219A8702987.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 elongatus (May, 1921)". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
• "Austropyrgus elongatus (May, 1921)". Atlas of Living Australia.