Three Forks springsnail
| Three Forks springsnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphophilinae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. trivialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis trivialis (Taylor, 1987) | |
The Three Forks springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis trivialis), is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. The common name is a reference to its endemic range at Three Forks, Apache County, Arizona.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Pyrgulopsis trivialis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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