Gila springsnail

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

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species: P. gilae
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis gilae
(Taylor, 1987)

The Gila springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis gilae, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

This species is endemic to springs on the East Fork of the Gila River, New Mexico, United States. Its natural habitat is springs.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.

Description

P. gilae is a small snail that has a height of 3.1–4.0 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in) and an ovate-conic, medium to large-sized shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has a medium-length lobe and medium-length filament with the penial ornament consisting of two elongate penial glands, several other small dorsal glands; and curved, transverse terminal and ventral gland.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.


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