Idiopyrgus

Idiopyrgus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Pomatiopsidae
Subfamily:	Pomatiopsinae^[1]
Genus:	Idiopyrgus Pilsbry, 1911^[2]
Diversity
1-3 species^[3]^[1]
Synonyms^[1]
Aquidauania Davis, 1979^[4] Hydracme Haas, 1938

Idiopyrgus is a genus of freshwater snails with gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae.^[1]

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Idiopyrgus includes Brazil.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Idiopyrgus include:

Idiopyrgus pilbryi F. Baker, 1913^[1]
Idiopyrgus souleyetianus Pilsbry, 1911^[1] - type species^[2]
Idiopyrgus walkeri Pilsbry, 1924^[1]

Malek (1983) noted that Idiopyrgus pilbryi and Idiopyrgus walkeri were described from shells only, but should stay valid until the anatomy of the soft parts is also elucidated.^[1]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Malek E. A. (1983). "The South American hydrobioid genus Idiopyrgus Pilsbry, 1911". The Nautilus 97(1): 16-20.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-118.
^ 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.