POTAMOPYRGUS ANTIPODARUM—A MOLLUSCAN COLONISER OF EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA

The hydrobiid gastropod genus Potamopyrgus is shown to be represented in Australia by the New Zealand species P. antipodarum (Gray). It is widely distributed in south eastern Australia and Tasmania following its introduction about the middle of the last century. The Australian populations of Potamop...

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Published in:Journal of molluscan studies 1988-08, Vol.54 (3), p.271-285
Main Author: PONDER, W. F
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biological and medical sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Invertebrates
Mollusca
Systematics. Geographical distribution
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Summary:The hydrobiid gastropod genus Potamopyrgus is shown to be represented in Australia by the New Zealand species P. antipodarum (Gray). It is widely distributed in south eastern Australia and Tasmania following its introduction about the middle of the last century. The Australian populations of Potamopyrgus were known, incorrectly, as P. niger, because of a misinterpretation of Paludina nigra Quoy & Gai-mard, 1835. Paludina nigra, here placed in the genus Fluvidona, is redescribed and a neotype designated. Potamopyrgus antipodarum has also been introduced to Europe, where it is known as P. jenkinsi (Smith)
ISSN:0260-1230
1464-3766
DOI:10.1093/mollus/54.3.271