Potamopyrgus acus Haase, 2008
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Collier, 2013; Grainger et al., 2014:6; Drinan et al., 2021:10)
Last record: 1981 (Collier, 2013)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
Limestone Downs Station, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Haase, M. (2008). The radiation of hydrobiid gastropods in New Zealand: a revision including the description of new species based on morphology and mtDNA sequence information. Systematics and Biodiversity 6(1): 99-159.
Other references:
Collier, K. (2013). Potamopyrgus acus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T198889A2544229. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T198889A2544229.en. Downloaded on 26 December 2015.
Drinan, Tom J., Grainger, Natasha P. J., Harding, Jon S., Collier, Kevin J., Smith, Brian J., Death, Russell G., Makan, Troy and Rolfe, Jeremy R. (2021). Analysis of the conservation status of New Zealand freshwater invertebrates: temporal changes, knowledge gaps, impediments, and management implications. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 48(1): 81-96. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.2020.1778044 [Supplementary tables; Supplementary data]
Grainger, Natasha, Collier, Kevin, Hitchmough, Rod, Harding, Jon, Smith, Brian and Sutherland, Darin. (2014). Conservation status of New Zealand freshwater invertebrates, 2013. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 8. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 28 pp.
Grainger, Natasha, Harding, Jon, Drinan, T., Collier, K., Smith, B., Death, R., Makan, T. and Rolfe, J. (2018). Conservation status of New Zealand freshwater invertebrates, 2018. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 28. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 25 pp.
Winterbourn, M. J. (1973). A Guide to the Freshwater Mollusca of New Zealand. Tuatara 20(3): 141-158.
https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/23803/potamopyrgus-acus
https://www.endangeredspecies.org.nz/_files/ugd/9e159d_88720546f83046d884645f552857ae6c.pdf