New Zealand mud snail

This article is about the invasive mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum. For another mud snail from New Zealand, see Amphibola crenata.

New Zealand mudsnail
right side view of Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Potamopyrgus
Species:
P. antipodarum
Binomial name
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Synonyms
  • Amnicola antipodanum J. E. Gray, 1843
  • Amnicola antipodarum J. E. Gray, 1843
  • Amnicola badia A. Gould, 1848
  • Amnicola corolla A. Gould, 1847
  • Amnicola egena A. Gould, 1848
  • Amnicola gracilis A. Gould, 1844
  • Amnicola zelandiae J. E. Gray, 1843
  • Bithinia legrandi Tenison Woods, 1876
  • Bithinia tasmanica Tenison Woods, 1876
  • Bithinia unicarinata Tenison Woods, 1876
  • Bythinella exigua Tenison Woods, 1879
  • Bythinella pattisoni Cotton, 1942
  • Hydrobia antipodum [sic] misspelling
  • Hydrobia fischeri Dunker, 1862
  • Hydrobia jenkinsi E. A. Smith, 1889
  • Hydrobia jenkinsi var. aculeata Overton, 1905
  • Hydrobia reevei Frauenfeld, 1863
  • Hydrobia spalaea Frauenfeld, 1863
  • Hydrobia ventrosa var. carinata J.T. Marshall, 1889
  • Melania corolla A. Gould, 1847
  • Paludestrina cumingiana P. Fischer, 1860
  • Paludestrina jenkinsi (E. A. Smith, 1889)
  • Paludestrina legrandiana Brazier, 1872
  • Paludestrina salleana P.Fischer, 1860
  • Paludestrina wisemaniana Brazier, 1872
  • Potamopyrgus alexenkoae V. Anistratenko, 1995
  • Potamopyrgus badia A. Gould, 1848
  • Potamopyrgus corolla A. Gould, 1847
  • Potamopyrgus jenkinsi (E. A. Smith, 1889)
  • Potamopyrgus jenkinsi septentrionalis C.R. Boettger, 1951
  • Potamopyrgus jenkinsi var. aculeata Overton, 1905
  • Potamopyrgus polistchuki V. Anistratenko, 1991
  • Potamopyrgus weltneri C.R. Boettger, 1951
  • Pyrgula (Trachycaspia) grossui Golikov & Starobogatov, 1966
  • Rissoa castanea G.B. Sowerby II, 1859
  • Rissoa vana Hutton, 1873
  • Rissoina fuscozona Suter, 1908
  • Rissoina vana (Hutton, 1873)

The New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. This aquatic gastropod mollusk is in the family Tateidae.

It is native to New Zealand, where it is found throughout the country.[3] However, it has been introduced to many other countries. It is often considered an invasive species because populations of the snail can reach very high densities.

  1. ^ Van Damme, D. (2013). "Potamopyrgus antipodarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T155980A738398. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T155980A738398.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Dieffenbach, E. 1843. Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country. In two volumes - Vol. II. - pp. i-iv [= 1-4], 1-396, pl. [1]. London. (Murray), page 241.
  3. ^ "Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843)". Retrieved 14 July 2019.