Oasis Valley springsnail
| Oasis valley springsnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. micrococcus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis micrococcus (Pilsbry, 1893) | |
The Oasis Valley springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis micrococcus, is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Pyrgulopsis micrococcus.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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