Crystal Spring springsnail

Crystal spring springsnail
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. crystalis
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis crystalis
Hershler & Sada, 1987

The Crystal Spring springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis crystalis, is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to Crystal Pool, Ash Meadows, Nevada, United States.

Description

Pyrgulopsis crystalis is a small snail that has a height of 1.8–2.6 millimetres (0.071–0.102 in) and a globose to neritiform, small to medium-sized shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has an absent lobe and elongate filament with the penial ornament consisting of a large, superficial ventral gland.

References

  1. ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Pyrgulopsis crystalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T18964A8758872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T18964A8758872.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ NatureServe. "Pyrgulopsis crystalis". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.