Pyrgulopsis aardahli

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Benton Valley springsnail
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Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. aardahli
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis aardahli
Hershler, 1989

Pyrgulopsis aardahli, commonly known as the Benton Valley springsnail, is a species of freshwater snails in the family Hydrobiidae. [1] [2]

This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to a spring on the Bramlette Ranch, Mono County, California, United States. [3]

Description

Pyrgulopsis aardahli is a small snail that has a height of 2.6–3.4 millimetres (0.10–0.13 in) and ovate to conical shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penis has a very small lobe and short filament with the penial ornament consisting of a small, circular terminal gland and a stalked ventral gland. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pyrgulopsis aardahli Benton Valley Springsnail". NatureServe. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  2. "Pyrgulopsis aardahli Hershler, 1989". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. 1 2 Hershler, Robert (1994). A review of the North American freshwater snail genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae) . Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.