Genus Austropyrgus Cotton, 1942
- Austropyrgus Cotton, B.C. 1942. Australian Gastropoda of the families Hydrobiidae, Assimineidae and Acmeidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 66(2): 124-129 [Date published Dec 18] [125].
Type species:
Paludina nigra Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 by original designation. - Rivisessor Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [200] [nomen nudum; unavailable, no description provided, see Köhler & Bouchet (2020)].
Type species:
Hydrobia gunnii Frauenfeld, 1863 by original designation. - Pupiphryx Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [201] [nomen nudum; unavailable, no description provided, see Köhler & Bouchet (2020)].
Type species:
Bithynia dyeriana Petterd, 1879 by original designation. - Angrobia Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [204].
Type species:
Hydrobia angasi Smith, 1882 by original designation. - Revisessor Cotton, B.C. 1943. More Australian freshwater shells. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 67(1): 143-148 [Date published July 30] [144].
Type species:
Bythinia dulvertonensis Tenison-Woods, 1876 (= Austropyrgus simsonianus) by subsequent designation, see Köhler, F. & Bouchet, P. 2020. On unavailable genus-group names introduced by Tom Iredale for Australian non-marine gastropods: nomenclatural clarifications and descriptions of new genera. Molluscan Research 40(2): 150-159 [154] (original type species misidentified as Hydrobia tasmanica Martens, 1858, see Köhler & Bouchet (2020) for details).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Miller, A.C., Ponder, W.F. & Clark, S.A. 1999. Freshwater snails of the genera Fluvidona and Austropyrgus (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 461-493 [481]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB) ; NSW, SA, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South East Corner (SEC) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; SA, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; Tas, Vic: Flinders (FLI) ; Vic: Riverina (RIV)
General References
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 [5-6]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 | 03-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | TRUNCATELLOIDEA | 10-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |