Species Austropyrgus simsonianus (Brazier, 1875)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amnicola simsoniana Brazier, J. 1875. Descriptions of eight species of Australian and Tasmanian land and freshwater shells. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 17-20 [27 Apr. 1875] [19].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1896.11.30.56, Brighton, Hobart, Tasmania.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1896.11.30.57-61 (5 specimens), Brighton, Hobart, 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 [91].
• Bythinia dulvertonensis Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On the freshwater shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 66-82 [21 Mar. 1876] [77].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) SAMA D.16368 (1 specimen), Lake Dulverton, Tasmania; TMH E.489/7830 (lost), Lake Dulverton, Tasmania.
• Bythinia dunrobinensis Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On the freshwater shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 66-82 [21 Mar. 1876] [77].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH E.473/7814 lost, Ouse near Dunrobin, Tasmania.
  Paratype(s) SAMA D.15769 (3 specimens), Ouse near Dunrobin, Tasmania; QVM 9:182 (2 specimens), Ouse near Dunrobin, Tasmania.
• Bythinia pontvillensis Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. On the freshwater shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 66-82 [21 Mar. 1876] [76].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) TMH E.475/7816 (38 specimens), Jordan River, near Brighton, Tasmania; SAMA D.15771 (2 specimens), Jordan River, near Brighton, Tasmania.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [91]

 

Generic Combinations

• Austropyrgus simsonianus (Brazier, 1875). —
  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 [91-92, figs 25C-F, 26C, 27D, 28D,E, 46I, 47F, 48A]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from limited area, drainage of the Derwent River

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Found on weeds, leaves, roots and other substrates.

 

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 [91-92, figs 25C-F, 26C, 27D, 28D,E, 46I, 47F, 48A]

 

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)