New Mexico hotspring snail
| New Mexico hotspring snail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. thermalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis thermalis (Taylor, 1987) | |
The New Mexico hotspring snail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis thermalis, is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is hot springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Pyrgulopsis thermalis.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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