Oasis Valley springsnail
Appearance
Oasis valley springsnail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Hydrobiidae |
Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
Species: | P. micrococcus
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Binomial name | |
Pyrgulopsis micrococcus (Pilsbry, 1893)
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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
[edit]- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Pyrgulopsis micrococcus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T18973A8766274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T18973A8766274.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.