Pyrgulopsis castaicensis

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Pyrgulopsis castaicensis
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P. castaicensis
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis castaicensis
Hershler & Liu, 2010 [1]

Pyrgulopsis castaicensis is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. [1]

Distribution

Pyrgulopsis castaicensis occurs in only one spring in the upper part of the Santa Clara River basin, in southwestern California. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hershler R. Liu H.-P. (25 January 2010). "Two new, possibly threatened species of Pyrgulopsis (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) from southwestern California". Zootaxa2343: 1-17, 8 plates. preview.