Idiopyrgus souleyetianus

Idiopyrgus souleyetianus is a species of freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.[1]

Idiopyrgus souleyetianus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Pomatiopsidae
Subfamily:	Pomatiopsinae[1]
Genus:	Idiopyrgus
Species:	I. souleyetianus
Binomial name
Idiopyrgus souleyetianus Pilsbry, 1911[2]
Synonyms[1]
Oncomelania brasiliensis Rey, 1959 Aquidauania brasiliensis (Rey, 1959)[3] Hydracme rudolphi Haas, 1938

Idiopyrgus souleyetianus is the type species of the genus Idiopyrgus.[2]

Distribution

The distribution of Idiopyrgus souleyetianus includes Brazil.[1][4]

References

1. Malek E. A. (1983). "The South American hydrobioid genus Idiopyrgus Pilsbry, 1911". The Nautilus 97(1): 16-20.
2. Pilsbry H. A. (1911). "Non-marine mollusca of Patagonia". Reports of Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899 3 (Zool.), pt. 5: pages 564-565. Plate XLIc, figure 14, 14a.
3. Davis G. M. (1979). "The origin and evolution of the gastropod family Pomatiopsidae, with emphasis on the Mekong river Triculinae". Academy of natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 20: 1-120. ISBN 978-1-4223-1926-0. at Google Books.
4. Clark Lima L. & Souza C. P. de (1990). "Occurrence of hidrobioid (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda) in Pedro Leopoldo and Lagoa Santa counties, MG, Brazil". Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 32(2): 86-90. doi:10.1590/S0036-46651990000200004.