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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. roswellensis
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis roswellensis
Taylor, 1987
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The Roswell springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis roswellensis, is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Roswell, New Mexico in the United States.

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References

  1. Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Pyrgulopsis roswellensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T18985A1939134. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T18985A1939134.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "Roswell springsnail (Pyrgulopsis roswellensis)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 20 January 2025.