Pyrgulopsis carinifera

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Pyrgulopsis carinifera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. carinifera
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis carinifera
(Pilsbry, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Fluminicola avernalis cariniferaPilsbry, 1935

Pyrgulopsis carinifera is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.

Contents

This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to springs in the Moapa Valley, southern Nevada, United States. [1]

Description

Pyrgulopsis carinifera is a small snail that has a height of 3.8–5.0 millimetres (0.15–0.20 in) and a trochoid shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has a medium, distally bifurcated lobe and medium length filament with the penial ornament consisting of a fragmented terminal gland. [1]

Taxonomy

Pyrgulopsis carinifera was originally described as Fluminicola avernalis carinifera in 1935. In 1994, it was transferred to the genus Pyrgulopsis. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae) . Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.