Pyrgulopsis aardahli
Pyrgulopsis aardahli, commonly known as the Benton Valley springsnail, is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.
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| Species: | P. aardahli |
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| Pyrgulopsis aardahli (Hershler, 1989) | |
This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to a spring on the Bramlette Ranch, Mono County, California, United States.[1]
Description
P. aardahli is a small snail that has a height of 2.6–3.4 millimetres (0.10–0.13 in) and ovate to conical shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penis has a very small lobe and short filament with the penial ornament consisting of a small, circular terminal gland and a stalked ventral gland.[1]
References
- Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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