Phantom cave snail

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Phantom cave snail
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. texana
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis texana
(Pilsbry, 1935)
Synonyms [3]

The phantom cave snail or phantom cavesnail (Pyrgulopsis texana) is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod in the family Hydrobiidae.

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Distribution

This species is endemic to the lower Pecos River basin, Texas, the United States. [3]

Genus transfer

When originally described in 1935, the phantom cave snail was assigned to the genus Cochliopa. Following a detailed examination of shell and anatomical characteristics along with genetic sequencing it was transferred to the genus Pyrgulopsis in 2010. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Cochliopa texana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T5048A11110896. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T5048A11110896.en . Retrieved 6 August 2007.
  2. ↑ "Phantom Springsnail (Pyrgulopsis texana)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Lang B. K. (2010). "Transfer of Cochliopa texana to Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae) and description of a third congener from the lower Pecos River basin". Journal of Molluscan Studies76(3): 245-256. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyq002.

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