Potamopyrgus

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
See text

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

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1