Fairbanks springsnail
The Fairbanks springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis fairbanksensis, is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.
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This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to Fairbanks Spring, Ash Meadows, Nevada, United States.[2]
Description
P. fairbanksensis is a small snail that has a height of 2.5–3.4 millimetres (0.098–0.134 in) and a globose-turbinate, medium-sized shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has a short lobe and elongate filament with the penial ornament consisting of small, circular terminal gland.[2]
References
- Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Pyrgulopsis fairbanksensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T18967A1932542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T18967A1932542.en.
- Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Pyrgulopsis fairbanksensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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