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.

Huachuca springsnail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. thompsoni
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis thompsoni
Hershler, 1988

This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

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  1. ^ Cordeiro, J. (2020). "Pyrgulopsis thompsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18989A177075190. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18989A177075190.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.