Austropyrgus smithii

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Clark, S. | title = Austropyrgus smithii | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2011 | page = e.T188983A8670665 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2011 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/188983/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T188983A8670665.en | access-date = 10 January 2018| doi-access = free }}

| taxon = Austropyrgus smithii

| authority = (Petterd, 1889)

| synonyms = *Bithynella smithii Johnston, 1891

  • Fluvidona smithii Smith, 1992
  • Potamopyrgus smithii Petterd, 1889
  • Pupiphryx smithii May, 1958

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Austropyrgus smithii 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 Tasmania, Australia, and is found in a number of small rivers and streams.

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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}}