Jackson lake springsnail

Jackson lake springsnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species: P. robusta
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis robusta
(Walker, 1908)
Synonyms

Pomatiopis robusta Walker, 1908
Amnicola robusta Pilsbry, 1933
Amnicola hendersoni Pilsbry, 1933
Amnicola idahoensis Pilsbry, 1933
Fontelicella (Natricola) robusta Gregg & Taylor, 1965
Fontelicella (Natricola) hendersoni Gregg & Taylor, 1965
Fontelicella (Natricola) idahoensis Gregg & Taylor, 1965
Pyrgulopsis hendersoni Hershler & Thompson, 1987
Pyrgulopsis idahoensis Hershler & Thompson, 1987

The Jackson lake springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis robusta, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. The shell is 4.6 to 7.5 millimetres (0.18 to 0.30 in) high and 1.48 to 2.10 millimetres (0.058 to 0.083 in) wide, which is large for this genus. It has 4.5 to 6.25 whorls, and is clear-white with a tan periostracum.[2]

Taxonomy

In 2004, two species (P. idahoensis and P. hendersoni) were reclassified as P. robusta based on genetic analysis. The species description was amended to capture a broader range in morphology.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2011). "Pyrgulopsis robusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 Hershler, Robert; Liu, Hsiu-Ping (2004). "Taxonomic reappriasal of species assigned to North American freshwater gastropod subgenus Natricola (Rissooida: Hydrobiidae)". The Veliger 47: 66–81.


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