Ash Meadows pebblesnail
| Ash Meadows pebblesnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. erythropoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis erythropoma (Pilsbry, 1899) | |
The Ash Meadows pebblesnail (Pyrgulopsis erythropoma) is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The common name of this species is taken from the name of the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada.
References
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Pyrgulopsis erythropoma. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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