Roswell springsnail

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

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species: P. roswellensis
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis roswellensis
Taylor, 1987

The Roswell springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis roswellensis, is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Roswell, New Mexico in the United States.

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Pyrgulopsis roswellensis. 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 October 2011.
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