Crystal Spring springsnail

The Crystal Spring springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis crystalis, is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

Crystal spring springsnail
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P. crystalis
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis crystalis
Hershler & Sada, 1987

This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to Crystal Pool, Ash Meadows, Nevada, United States.[1]

Description

P. crystalis is a small snail that has a height of 1.8–2.6 millimetres (0.071–0.102 in) and a globose to neritiform, small to medium-sized shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has an absent lobe and elongate filament with the penial ornament consisting of a large, superficial ventral gland.[1]

References

  1. Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.


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