Biology:Oasis Valley springsnail

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Oasis valley springsnail
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
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

Wikidata ☰ Q3137947 entry