Huachuca springsnail
| Huachuca springsnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. thompsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis thompsoni Hershler, 1988 | |
The Huachuca springsnail scientific name Pyrgulopsis thompsoni, 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 United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Pyrgulopsis thompsoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T18989A1939429. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T18989A1939429.en. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Pyrgulopsis thompsoni.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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