Species Austropyrgus niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Museums

Paludina nigra Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [74].
Type data:
Neotype AM C153149, small stream flowing into the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, SE Tasmania.
Subsequent designation references:
Ponder, W.F. 1988. Potamopyrgus antipodarum - a molluscan coloniser of Europe and Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 54: 271-285 [285].
Type locality references:
Ponder, W.F. 1988. Potamopyrgus antipodarum - a molluscan coloniser of Europe and Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 54: 271-285 [285].

Austropyrgus niger (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). —
Clark, S.A., Miller, A.C. & Ponder, W.F. 2003. Revision of the Snail Genus Austropyrgus (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae): A Morphostatic Radiation of Freshwater Gastropods in Southeastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. 28: 1-109 [78-79, figs 5C, 6C, 7E,F, 10C, 13E,F, 50A, 51A, 52A]

Tasmania

Known only from limited area along the D'Entrecasteaux Channel.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

Tas: Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)

Lotic freshwater.

Found on leaves, roots and stones.

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TRUNCATELLOIDEA	14-Feb-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)