Duckwater pyrg

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Duckwater pyrg
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Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. aloba
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis aloba
Hershler, 1998 [3]

The Duckwater pyrg, scientific name Pyrgulopsis aloba, is a species of freshwater snail in the family Hydrobiidae. [2] [4] It is endemic to the United States and only known from two springs in the Duckwater Reservation, Nye County, Nevada. [2]

It is a small Pyrgulopsis with a shell height of 1–1.9 mm (0.04–0.07 in) and shell width of 1–1.7 mm (0.04–0.07 in). [3]

References

  1. ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Pyrgulopsis aloba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000 e.T40051A10311461. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40051A10311461.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Pyrgulopsis aloba Duckwater Pyrg". NatureServe. 14 September 1999. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 Hershler, Robert (1998). "A systematic review of the hydrobiid snails (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) of the Great Basin, western United States. Part I. Genus Pyrgulopsis". The Veliger. 41: 1–132 [60–62]. hdl:10088/7293.
  4. ↑ "Pyrgulopsis aloba Hershler, 1998". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 3 January 2023.


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