Verde Rim springsnail

Verde rim springsnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Subfamily: Nymphophilinae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species: P. glandulosa
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis glandulosa
Hershler, 1988

The Verde rim springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis glandulosa, is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. The common name refers to the Verde River in Arizona.

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