Pyrgulopsis carinifera

Pyrgulopsis carinifera is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.

Pyrgulopsis carinifera
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P. carinifera
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis carinifera
(Hershler, Liu & Gustafson, 2008)
Synonyms
  • Fluminicola avernalis carinifera (Hershler, Liu & Gustafson, 2008)

This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to springs in the Moapa Valley, southern Nevada, United States.[1]

Description

P. carinifera is a small snail that has a height of 3.8–5.0 millimetres (0.15–0.20 in) and a trochoid shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has a medium, distally bifurcated lobe and medium length filament with the penial ornament consisting of a fragmented terminal gland.[1]

Genus transfer

P. carinifera was originally described as Fluminicola avernalis carinifera in 1935. In 1994, it was transferred to the genus Pyrgulopsis.[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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