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Pyrgulopsis fairbanksensis

Fairbanks springsnail

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The Fairbanks springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis fairbanksensis, is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.

This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to Fairbanks Spring, Ash Meadows, Nevada, United States.[2]

Description

Pyrgulopsis fairbanksensis is a small snail that has a height of 2.5–3.4 millimetres (0.098–0.134 in) and a globose-turbinate, medium-sized shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has a short lobe and elongate filament with the penial ornament consisting of small, circular terminal gland.[2]

References

  1. ^ Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Pyrgulopsis fairbanksensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T18967A1932542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T18967A1932542.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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Fairbanks springsnail: Brief Summary

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The Fairbanks springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis fairbanksensis, is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.

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

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