Austropyrgus pusillus

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Clark, S. | title = Austropyrgus pusillus | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2011 | page = e.T189620A8756461 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2011 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/189620/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189620A8756461.en | access-date = 10 January 2018| doi-access = free }}

| taxon = Austropyrgus pusillus

| authority = Clark, Miller & Ponder, 2003

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Austropyrgus pusillus is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the Hydrobiidae family. This species is endemic to western Victoria, Australia. It is found in small springs and streams that flow into the lower part of the Glenelg River.

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  • {{cite journal| last1=Clark| first1=Stephanie A.| last2=Miller| first2=Alison C.| last3=Ponder| first3=Winston F.| year=2003| title=Revision of the Snail Genus Austropyrgus (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae): A Morphostatic Radiation of Freshwater Gastropods in Southeastern Australia| journal=Records of the Australian Museum| volume=Supplement 28| pages=1–109| publisher=The Australian Museum| doi=10.3853/j.0812-7387.28.2003.1377| isbn=0-7347-2313-X| issn=0812-7387| url=http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/17954/1377_complete.pdf| access-date=2 July 2014}}