Huachuca springsnail

The Huachuca springsnail scientific name Pyrgulopsis thompsoni, is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

Huachuca springsnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. thompsoni
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis thompsoni
Hershler, 1988

This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References
  1. Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Pyrgulopsis thompsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T18989A1939429. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T18989A1939429.en.


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