Harney Basin duskysnail

The Harney Basin duskysnail, scientific name Colligyrus depressus, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

Harney basin duskysnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Colligyrus
Species:
C. depressus
Binomial name
Colligyrus depressus
Herschler, 1999[2]

This species is endemic to the United States, specifically to the Harney Basin area of Oregon.

References
  1. Bogan A. E. (2000). Colligyrus depressus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
  2. Hershler R. (1999). "A systematic review of the hydrobiid snails (Gastropoda: Rissoidea) of the Great Basin, western United States. Part II. Genera Colligyrus, Fluminicola, Pristinicola, and Tryonia". The Veliger 42(4): 306-337. PDF.


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