Westrapyrgus
Westrapyrgus is a genus of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae. The genus is endemic to south Western Australia. It is the first hydrobiid genus to be described from this state.[1]
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| Subfamily: | Tateinae |
| Genus: | Westrapyrgus Ponder, Clark & Miller, 1999 |
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| Westrapyrgus westralis[1] Ponder, Clark & Miller, 1999 | |
Morphologically, Westrapyrgus is most similar to the southeastern Australian hydrobiid genera Austropyrgus and Tatea.[1]
Species
The genus currently includes two recognised species:[1]
- Westrapyrgus westralis Ponder, Clark & Miller, 1999
- Westrapyrgus slacksmithae Ponder, Clark & Miller, 1999
References
- Ponder, W. F.; Clark, S. A. & Miller, A. C. (1999). "A new genus and two new species of Hydrobiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda) from south Western Australia". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 82 (3): 109–120.
External links
- "Genus Westrapyrgus Ponder, Clark & Miller, 1999". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012.
- "Westrapyrgus Ponder, Clark & Miller, 1999". Atlas of Living Australia.
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