MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray, 1843)

ERMS taxon details

Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray, 1843)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 62838)

AphiaID

147123 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147123)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Potamopyrgus W. Stimpson, 1865

Original name

Amnicola antipodanum J. E. Gray, 1843

Synonymised names

Paludestrina jenkinsi (E. A. Smith, 1889) · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972
page(s): 241 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray, 1843). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147123 on 2026-02-20

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray, 1843). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/10.1017/10.1080/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147123 on 2026-02-20

Taxonomic edit history

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2005-03-02 08:53:11Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-03-19 10:41:59Z

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Gofas, Serge

2014-10-23 18:45:40Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2016-06-04 23:06:16Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2018-07-24 15:29:42Z

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Rosenberg, Gary

2022-07-18 17:41:25Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

2022-10-17 02:11:52Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of ) Gray, J. E. (1843). Catalogue of the species of Mollusca and their shells, which have hitherto been recorded as found at New Zealand, with the description of some lately discovered species. In: Dieffenbach, E. Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, vol. 2: 228-265. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20759972
page(s): 241 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

basis of record de Kluijver, M. J.; Ingalsuo, S. S.; de Bruyne, R. H. (2000). Macrobenthos of the North Sea [CD-ROM]: 1. Keys to Mollusca and Brachiopoda. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 3-540-14706-3. 1 cd-rom. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453. (look up in RoR), available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 [details] Available for editors

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477200007002630 [details] Available for editors

additional source Ponder, W.F. (1988). Potamopyrgus antipodarum - a molluscan coloniser of Europe and Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 54: 271-285. London., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/54.3.271 [details]

additional source Hamada, K.; Takeda, N.; Tatara, Y.; Ogata, D.; Nakajima, M.; Sonohara, T.; Urabe, M. (2013). Habitat Description of Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) in Some Areas of Japan: How Far Will It Spread?. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 71 (1-2): 61-79. [details] Available for editors

additional source Shimada, K.; Urabe, M. (2003). Comparative Ecology of the Alien Freshwater Snail Potamopyrgus αntipodarum and the Indigenous Snail Semisulcospira spp. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 62 (1-2): 39-53. [details] Available for editors

identification resource Rowson, B., Powell, H., Willing, M., Dobson, M. & Shaw, H. (2021). Freshwater Snails of Britain and Ireland. FSC Publications, Telford, UK.
page(s): 146. [details]