Westrapyrgus

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Westrapyrgus
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Westrapyrgus

Ponder, Clark & Miller, 1999
Type species
Westrapyrgus westralis [1]
Ponder, Clark & Miller, 1999

Westrapyrgus is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae. The genus is endemic to south Western Australia. It is the first hydrobiid genus to be described from this state. [1]

Contents

Morphologically, Westrapyrgus is most similar to the southeastern Australian hydrobiid genera Austropyrgus and Tatea . [1]

Species

The genus currently includes two recognised species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ponder, W. F.; Clark, S. A. & Miller, A. C. (1999). "A new genus and two new species of Hydrobiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) from south Western Australia". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 82 (3): 109–120.