Pyrgulopsis minkleyi

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Pyrgulopsis minkleyi
Nymphophilus minckleyi shell.png
Lateral view of a shell of Nymphophilus minckleyi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. minkleyi
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis minkleyi
(D. W. Taylor, 1966)
Synonyms [1]
  • Nymphophilus minckleyi D. W. Taylor, 1966

Nymphophilus minckleyi is a species of very small freshwater snail, [2] an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. [2]

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Distribution

This species is endemic to Cuatro Ciénegas valley, in the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico. [2]

Ecology

Predators of Mexithauma quadripaludium include the cichlid fish Herichthys minckleyi . [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Pyrgulopsis minkleyi". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Chaves-Campos J., Johnson S. G. & Hulsey C. D. (2011). "Spatial Geographic Mosaic in an Aquatic Predator-Prey Network". PLoS ONE 6(7): e22472. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0022472 .
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