Potamopyrgus

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Potamopyrgus
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Potamopyrgus
Stimpson, 1865
Species

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Potamopyrgus is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.

Distribution

This genus is endemic to New Zealand and south eastern Australia.

However, one species within this genus, P. antipodarum, has been accidentally introduced in many countries worldwide, especially in Europe and North America, and has become a problematic invasive species.

Species

Species within the genus Potamopyrgus include:

  • Potamopyrgus antipodarum J. E. Gray, 1843 - (syn. Potamopyrgus jenkinsi)
  • Potamopyrgus corolla (Gould) (Type species)
  • Potamopyrgus cresswelli Climo, F. M., 1974 - (syn. Potamopyrgus gardneri, Potamopyrgus manneringi)
  • Potamopyrgus dawbini Powell, A. W. B., 1955
  • Potamopyrgus estuarinus (Winterbourn, 1971)
  • Potamopyrgus melvilli (Hedley, C., 1916)
  • Potamopyrgus oscitans Iredale, 1944
  • Potamopyrgus pupoides Hutton, 1882
  • Potamopyrgus subterraneus Suter, 1905
  • Potamopyrgus troglodytes (Climo, F. M., 1974)

References


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