Biology:Huachuca springsnail

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Huachuca springsnail
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. thompsoni
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis thompsoni
Hershler, 1988

The Huachuca springsnail scientific name Pyrgulopsis thompsoni, is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

This species is endemic to the United States . Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3137842 entry