Austropyrgus elongatus

Austropyrgus elongatus
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (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. elongatus
Binomial name
Austropyrgus elongatus
(May, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Fluvidona elongatus Smith, 1992
  • Potamopyrgus elongatus May, 1921
  • Pupiphryx elongatus Iredale, 1943

Austropyrgus elongatus 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 Tasmania, Australia. It is only known from one location on Apsley River.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus elongatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

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