Crystal Spring springsnail
The Crystal Spring springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis crystalis, is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
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| Species: | P. crystalis |
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This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to Crystal Pool, Ash Meadows, Nevada, United States.[1]
Description
P. 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.[1]
References
- Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Pyrgulopsis crystalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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