Austropyrgus foris

Austropyrgus foris
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (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. foris
Binomial name
Austropyrgus foris
(Ponder, Colgan, Clark, Miller & Terzis, 1994)
Synonyms
  • Fluvidona foris Ponder, Colgan, Clark, Miller & Terzis, 1994

Austropyrgus foris 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 Victoria, Australia. It is only known from a small stream at Cape Liptrap, near Waratah Bay.[1]

References

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

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