Austropyrgus colensis is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the Hydrobiidae family. This species is endemic to western Victoria, Australia. It is known from a single location, a few small streams on Mount Cole.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Austropyrgus |
| Species: | A. colensis
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| Austropyrgus colensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus colensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T189177A8696794. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189177A8696794.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
Further reading edit
- Clark, Stephanie A.; Miller, Alison C.; Ponder, Winston F. (2003). "Revision of the Snail Genus Austropyrgus (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae): A Morphostatic Radiation of Freshwater Gastropods in Southeastern Australia" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. Supplement 28. The Australian Museum: 1–109. doi:10.3853/j.0812-7387.28.2003.1377. ISBN 0-7347-2313-X. ISSN 0812-7387. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
External links edit
- "Species Austropyrgus colensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
- "Austropyrgus colensis Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003". Atlas of Living Australia.
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