Austropyrgus eumekes 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 western Victoria, Australia. It is only known from several locations on Darlot Creek, a tributary of the Fitzroy River.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Hydrobiidae |
Genus: | Austropyrgus |
Species: | A. eumekes
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Binomial name | |
Austropyrgus eumekes Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus eumekes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T189198A8699461. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189198A8699461.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 eumekes Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
- "Austropyrgus eumekes Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Atlas of Living Australia.