New Mexico hotspring snail
| New Mexico hotspring snail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. thermalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis thermalis (Taylor, 1987) | |
The New Mexico hotspring snail (Pyrgulopsis thermalis) is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is hot springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group 2012. Pyrgulopsis thermalis.
- 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 March 2017.
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