Austropyrgus rectoides
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Tateidae
Genus:	Austropyrgus
Species:	A. rectoides
Binomial name
Austropyrgus rectoides Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus rectoides is a species of small 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]

Contents

• See also
• References
• Further reading
• External links

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

References

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. Supplement 28. The Australian Museum: 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 rectoides Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
• "Austropyrgus rectoides Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Atlas of Living Australia.

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