Amargosa springsnail
| Amargosa springsnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. amargosae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis amargosae (Hershler, 1989) | |
The Amargosa springsnail (Pyrgulopsis amargosae) is a snail in the family Hydrobiidae. It is endemic to the Amargosa River drainage of the southwestern United States.[1] The small (1.5–-2.7 mm high) snail is known to occur in several near-brackish springs, including the type locality of Saratoga Springs in Death Valley.[2]
References
- ↑ "Death Valley geology field trip: Saratoga and Valley Springs". USGS/NPS. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
- ↑ Hershler, Robert (March 1989). "Springsnails (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) of Owens and Amargosa River (exclusive of Ash Meadows) drainages, Death Valley system, California-Nevada". Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 102 (1): 176–248.
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