Potamopyrgus
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Potamopyrgus is a genus of very small, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.
[edit] Distribution
This genus is endemic to New Zealand and south eastern Australia.
However, one species within this genus, P. antipodarum, has been accidentally introduced in many countries worldwide, especially in Europe and North America, and has become a problematic invasive species.
[edit] Species
- Potamopyrgus antipodarum J. E. Gray, 1843 - (syn. Potamopyrgus jenkinsi)
- Potamopyrgus corolla (Gould, A. A.) (Type species)
- Potamopyrgus cresswelli Climo, F. M., 1974 - (syn. Potamopyrgus gardneri, Potamopyrgus manneringi)
- Potamopyrgus dawbini Powell, A. W. B., 1955
- Potamopyrgus estuarinus (Winterbourn, 1971)
- Potamopyrgus melvilli (Hedley, C., 1916)
- Potamopyrgus oscitans Iredale, 1944
- Potamopyrgus pupoides Hutton, F. W., 1882
- Potamopyrgus subterraneus Suter, H., 1905
- Potamopyrgus troglodytes (Climo, F. M., 1974)
[edit] References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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