Austropyrgus sinuatus

Austropyrgus sinuatus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Austropyrgus
Species:	A. sinuatus
Binomial name
Austropyrgus sinuatus Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

Austropyrgus sinuatus 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 known from only one location on Mount Emu Creek, south of Terang.

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

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