| Amargosa springsnail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. amargosae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis amargosae (Hershler, 1989) |
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The Amargosa springsnail (Pyrgulopsis amargosae) is a snail in the family Hydrobiidae. It is endemic to the Amargosa River drainage of the southwestern United States.[1] The small (1.5–-2.7 mm high) snail is known to occur in several near-brackish springs, including the type locality of Saratoga Springs in Death Valley.[2]
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