The Crystal Spring springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis crystalis, is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
| Crystal spring springsnail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. crystalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis crystalis Hershler & Sada, 1987
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This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to Crystal Pool, Ash Meadows, Nevada, United States.[2]
Description edit
Pyrgulopsis 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.[2]
References edit
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Pyrgulopsis crystalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T18964A8758872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T18964A8758872.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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