''Austropeplea'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of air-breathing

freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks that live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs t ...

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pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the family

Lymnaeidae Lymnaeidae, common name the pond snails, is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, Aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks, that belong to the clade Hygrophila (cl ...

, the pond snails.Bouchet, P. (2015). ''Austropeplea'' Cotton, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724554 on 2016-12-19

Species

Species within the genus ''Austropeplea'' include: * '' Austropeplea hispida'' (Ponder & Waterhouse, 1997) * ''

Austropeplea lessoni ''Austropeplea'' is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic animal, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.Bouchet, P. (2015). ''Austropeplea'' Cotton, 1942. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed t ...

'' (Deshayes, 1830)Correa C. A., Escobar J. S., Durand P., Renaud F., David P., Jarne P., Pointier J.-P. & Hurtrez-Boussès S. (2010). "Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis". ''

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'' 10: 381. . * ''

Austropeplea ollula ''Austropeplea ollula'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. Distribution This species occurs in: * Korea * Philippines Parasites In Korea, ''Au ...

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Austropeplea tomentosa ''Austropeplea tomentosa'' is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Lymnaeidae Lymnaeidae, common name the pond snails, is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small to large air-breathing freshwater snails, Aq ...

'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1855) - the type species of the genus ''Austropeplea'' * ''

Austropeplea viridis ''Austropeplea viridis'' is a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails. Distribution This species occurs in: * Russian Federation: Kuril Islands * Japan * So ...

'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) - synonym: ''Lymnaea viridis''Schniebs K., Glöer P., Vinarski M. V., Quiñonero-Salgado S., Lopez-Soriano J. & Hundsdoerfer A. K. (2017)."A new alien species in Europe: First record of ''Austropeplea viridis'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Lymnaeidae) in Spain". ''

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'' 42(5): 357-370.

References

External links

* Vinarski V. M. (2013) "One, two, or several? How many lymnaeid genera are there?" ''Ruthenica'' 23(1): 41-58. Lymnaeidae {{Lymnaeidae-stub