Austropyrgus ronkershawi

Austropyrgus ronkershawi
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. ronkershawi
Binomial name
Austropyrgus ronkershawi Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus ronkershawi is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the Hydrobiidae family. ^[2] This species is endemic to Tasmania, Australia. It is known from a number of small streams and rivers in central northern Tasmania. ^[1]

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

References

1. Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus ronkershawi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T188917A8662272. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T188917A8662272.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. "Austropyrgus ronkershawi - fact sheet". keys.lucidcentral.org. Retrieved 2019-12-31.

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 ronkershawi Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
• "Austropyrgus ronkershawi Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Atlas of Living Australia.