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Austropyrgus foris

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Austropyrgus foris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Austropyrgus
Species:
A. foris
Binomial name
Austropyrgus foris
(Ponder, Colgan, Clark, Miller & Terzis, 1994)
Synonyms
  • Fluvidona foris Ponder, Colgan, Clark, Miller & Terzis, 1994

Austropyrgus foris 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 eastern Victoria, Australia. It is only known from a small stream at Cape Liptrap, near Waratah Bay.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Clark, S. (2011). "Austropyrgus foris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. IUCN: e.T188936A8664665. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T188936A8664665.en. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

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