Potamopyrgus

Taxobox
name = "Potamopyrgus"


image_width = 214px
image_caption = "Potamopyrgus antipodarum"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
familia = Hydrobiidae
genus = "Potamopyrgus"
genus_authority = Stimson, 1865
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Potamopyrgus" is a genus of very small, freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.

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.

pecies

* "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)

References

* Powell A W B, "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1