Austropyrgus bungoniensis 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 southern New South Wales, Australia. It is known from streams and springs flowing from the Bungonia Gorge Caves.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Austropyrgus |
| Species: | A. bungoniensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Austropyrgus bungoniensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus bungoniensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T189562A8748783. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189562A8748783.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
Further reading
edit- 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
edit- "Species Austropyrgus bungoniensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
- "Austropyrgus bungoniensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Atlas of Living Australia.
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