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Crystal Spring springsnail

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Crystal spring springsnail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. crystalis
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis crystalis
Hershler & Sada, 1987

The Crystal Spring springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis crystalis, is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to Crystal Pool, Ash Meadows, Nevada, United States.[2]

Description

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Pyrgulopsis crystalis is a small snail that has a height of 1.8–2.6 millimetres (0.071–0.102 in) and a globose to neritiform, small to medium-sized shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has an absent lobe and elongate filament with the penial ornament consisting of a large, superficial ventral gland.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Pyrgulopsis crystalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T18964A8758872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T18964A8758872.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.