Austropyrgus foris

Austropyrgus foris 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 Victoria, Australia. It is only known from a small stream at Cape Liptrap, near Waratah Bay.[1]

Austropyrgus foris
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (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. foris
Binomial name
Austropyrgus foris (Ponder, Colgan, Clark, Miller & Terzis, 1994)
Synonyms
Fluvidona foris Ponder, Colgan, Clark, Miller & Terzis, 1994

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

References

1. Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus foris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T188936A8664665. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T188936A8664665.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 foris (Ponder, Colgan, Clark, Miller & Terzis, 1994)". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
• "Austropyrgus foris (Ponder, Colgan, Clark, Miller & Terzis, 1994)". Atlas of Living Australia.