Roswell springsnail

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Roswell springsnail
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Macro image of a Roswell springsnail, about 1.5mm in length
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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.

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.