''Potamopyrgus'' is a
genus
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of minute
freshwater snail
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s with an
operculum,
aquatic
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s or
micromollusc
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s in the
family
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Tateidae
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.
[Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014); Criscione and Ponder 2013. ''Potamopyrgus'' Stimpson, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147122 on 2014-07-29]
Description
Stimpson (1865) described the genus as follows: “Shell ovate-conic, imperforate; apex acute; whorls coronated with spines; outer whorl nearly two-thirds the length of the shell; aperture ovate, outer lip acute. Operculum corneous, subspiral. Foot rather short for the length of the shell, broadest in front and strongly auriculated. Tentacles very long, slender, and tapering. Eyes on very prominent tubercles. Rostrum of moderate size.”
Distribution
This genus is
endemic
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to
New Zealand
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and south eastern
Australia
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.
However, one species within this genus, ''P. antipodarum'', has been accidentally introduced in many countries worldwide, especially in
Europe
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and
North America
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, and has become a problematic
invasive species
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Potamopyrgus'' include:
* ''
Potamopyrgus acus''
Haase, 2008
* ''
Potamopyrgus alexenkoae''
Anistratenko in Anistratenko & Stadnichenko, 1995
* ''
Potamopyrgus antipodarum''
J. E. Gray, 1843 - (syn. ''
Potamopyrgus jenkinsi'')
* ''
Potamopyrgus ciliatus''
(Gould, 1850)
* ''
Potamopyrgus corolla''
( Gould 1852[Stimpson 1865]) (Type species)
* ''
Potamopyrgus dawbini''
Powell, 1955
* ''
Potamopyrgus doci''
Haase, 2008
* ''
Potamopyrgus estuarinus''
Winterbourn, 1970
* ''
Potamopyrgus kaitunaparaoa''
Haase, 2008
* ''
Potamopyrgus melvilli''
Hedley, 1916
* ''
Potamopyrgus oppidanus
''Potamopyrgus oppidanus'' is a species of freshwater gastropod mollusk in the family Tateidae. It is endemic to only one area in the Wellington Town Belt of New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Martin Haase in 2008 us ...
''
Haase, 2008
* ''
Potamopyrgus oscitans''
Iredale, 1944
* ''
Potamopyrgus polistchuki''
Anistratenko, 1991
* ''
Potamopyrgus pupoides''
Hutton Hutton may refer to:
Places
;Antarctica
* Hutton Cliffs, Ross Island
* Hutton Mountains
;Australia
* Hutton Sandstone Formation
;Canada
* Hutton, Alberta, a locality
* Hutton, British Columbia, a railway point
* Hutton railway station, Brit ...
, 1882
* ''
Potamopyrgus troglodytes''
Climo, 1974
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Potamopyrgus amazonicus''
Haas, 1949: synonym of ''
Dyris amazonicus''
(Haas, 1949)
* ''Potamopyrgus brevior''
Ancey, 1905: synonym of ''
Fluviopupa brevior''
(Ancey, 1905)
* ''Potamopyrgus cresswelli''
Climo, F. M., 1974: synonym of ''
Rakiurapyrgus cresswelli''
(Climo, 1974)
* ''Potamopyrgus gardneri''
Climo, 1974: synonym of ''
Rakipyrgus gardneri''
(Climo, 1974)
* ''Potamopyrgus jenkinsi''
E. A. Smith, 1889: synonym of ''
Potamopyrgus antipodarum''
J.E. Gray, 1843
* ''Potamopyrgus manneringi''
Climo, 1974: synonym of ''
Leptopyrgus manneringi''
(Climo, 1974)
* ''Potamopyrgus ruppiae''
Hedley, 1912: synonym of ''
Ascorhis victoriae''
Tenison-Woods, 1878
* ''Potamopyrgus subterraneus''
Suter
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* Andrina Suter (bor ...
, 1905: synonym of ''
Tongapyrgus subterraneus''
(Suter, 1905)
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Criscione, F. and W.F. Ponder. 2013. A phylogenetic analysis of rissooidean and cingulopsoidea families (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3):1075-1082.
* Stimson, W. 1865. Diagnoses of newly discovered genera of Gasteropods, belonging to the sub-fam. Hydrobiinae, of the family Rissoidae. American Journal of Conchology 1:52-54.
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
Winterbourn, M. 1970. The New Zealand species of Potamopyrgus (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae). Malacalogia 10(2):283-321
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Tateidae
Gastropods of New Zealand
Taxa named by William Stimpson