Biology:South Sierra Nevada springsnail

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Short description: Species of gastropod

South Sierra Nevada springsnail
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. giuliani
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis giuliani
Hershler & Pratt, 1990

The South Sierra Nevada springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis giuliani, 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 Sierra Nevada in the United States . This species is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3170827 entry