WoRMS name details
Potamopyrgus ruppiae Hedley, 1912
745675 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:745675)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hedley, C. (1912). Descriptions of some new or noteworthy shells in the Australian Museum. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 8(3): 131-160, pls 40-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8056832
page(s): 140, pl. 41, fig. 17 [details]
page(s): 140, pl. 41, fig. 17 [details]
Type locality contained in New South Wales
type locality contained in New South Wales [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Potamopyrgus ruppiae Hedley, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=745675 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Hedley, C. (1912). Descriptions of some new or noteworthy shells in the Australian Museum. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 8(3): 131-160, pls 40-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8056832
page(s): 140, pl. 41, fig. 17 [details]
page(s): 140, pl. 41, fig. 17 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Ponder, W. F. & Clark, G. A. (1988). A morphological and electrophoretic examination of '<i>Hydrobia buccinoides</i>', a variable brackish-water gastropod from temperate Australia. <em>Australian Journal of Zoology.</em> 36(6): 661-689., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9880661
page(s): 664 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
