Pyrgulopsis licina

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Pyrgulopsis licina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. licina
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis licina
Hershler, Liu & Bradford, 2013

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

This species is endemic to Ash Meadows along the Amargosa River in Nevada, United States. Its natural habitat is springs.

Description

Pyrgulopsis licina is a small snail that has a maximum height of 2.4 millimetres (0.094 in) and narrow conical shell. It has an absence of glands on its penis and a strongly curved penial filament leading to its name P. licina from the Latin licinus, meaning bent or turned upward.

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