Species Austropyrgus gunnii (Frauenfeld, 1863)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hydrobia gunnii Frauenfeld, G.R. von 1863. Vorläufige aufzählung der Arten der Gattungen Hydrobia Htm. und Amnicola Gld. Hldm. in der Kaiserlichen und in Cuming's Sammlung. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien 13: 1017-1032 [1025].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 197746/1, TAS (as New Holland), restricted to South Esk River, Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania.
  Paralectotype(s) NHMW R35 (5 specimen), TAS (as New Holland), restricted to South Esk River, Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania; BMNH 197746/2-9 (8 specimens), TAS (as New Holland), restricted to South Esk River, Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania.

  Subsequent designation 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 [82].

  Type locality references:

  Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [201]; 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 [82].

 

Generic Combinations

• Austropyrgus gunnii (Frauenfeld, 1863). —
  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 [82-84, figs 6H, 7K,L, 25B, 46E, 47D, 48D]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from limited area, throughout the drainage of the South Esk River.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Ecological Descriptors

Lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Found on weeds, leaves, roots and stones.

 

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 [82-84, figs 6H, 7K,L, 25B, 46E, 47D, 48D]

 

History of changes

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)