| Marstonia pachyta | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphophilinae |
| Genus: | Marstonia |
| Species: | M. pachyta |
| Binomial name | |
| Marstonia pachyta F. G. Thompson, 1977 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pyrgulopsis pachyta (F. G. Thompson, 1977) |
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The armored marstonia, scientific name Marstonia pachyta, also known as Pyrgulopsis pachyta, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to Alabama, the United States.[1] It is found in only two creeks, both in Limestone County.[2] Its natural habitat is rivers.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]