Genus Potamopyrgus Stimpson, 1865
- Potamopyrgus Stimpson, W. 1865. Diagnoses of newly discovered genera of gastropods, belonging to the sub-family Hydrobiinae, of the family Rissoidae. American Journal of Conchology 1: 52-54 [15 Feb. 1865] [53].
Type species:
Melania corolla Gould, 1847 by monotypy. - Huttonia Johnston, R.M. 1891. Provisional aid to the study of the Tasmanian Mollusca. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1890: 57-151 [90] [junior homonym of Huttonia Cambridge, 1880; unnecessary replacement name for Potamopyrgus Stimpson, 1865].
Secondary source:
Iredale, T. 1943. A basic list of the freshwater Mollusca of Australia. The Australian Zoologist 10(2): 188-230 [200].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand and introduced into Europe.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
General References
Alonso, A. & Castro-Díez, P. 2008. What explains the invading success of the aquatic mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Hydrobiidae, Mollusca)? Hydrobiologia 614: 107-116 [107-113]
Ponder, W.F. 1982. Hydrobiidae of Lord Howe Island (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Prosobranchia). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33: 89-159 [118-120]
Ponder, W.F. 1988. Potamopyrgus antipodarum - a molluscan coloniser of Europe and Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 54: 271-285 [271-279]
Schreiber, E.S.G., Glaister, A., Quinn, G.P. & Lake, P.S. 1998. Life history and population dynamics of the exotic snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Prosobranchia : Hydrobiidae) in Lake Purrumbete, Victoria, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 49(1): 73-78
Wallace, C. 1978. Notes on the distribution of sex and shell characters in some Australian populations of Potamopyrgus (Gastropoda : Hydrobiidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 4: 71-76
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | TRUNCATELLOIDEA | 20-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |