Kingman springsnail
| Kingman springsnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. conica |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis conica Hershler, 1988 | |
The Kingman springsnail (Pyrgulopsis conica) is a species of freshwater snail in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails. It is endemic to Mohave County, Arizona, in the United States.[2]
This small snail has a shell no more than 2.7 millimeters tall. It is convex in shape to rounded with shoulders. It lives in aquatic habitat in the Black Mountains near Kingman, Arizona.[3] It is known from only three springs, where it may be threatened by loss of groundwater. A single drought event could threaten the entire population of the species.[1]
References
- 1 2 Cordeiro, J. & Seddon, M. 2012. Pyrgulopsis conica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 12 September 2014.
- ↑ NatureServe. 2014. Pyrgulopsis conica. NatureServe Explorer. Version 7.1. Accessed September 11, 2014.
- ↑ Pyrgulopsis conica. Invertebrate Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.
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