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(Redirected from Pyrgulopsis aloba) Species of gastropod

Duckwater pyrg
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species: P. aloba
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis aloba
Hershler, 1998

The Duckwater pyrg, scientific name Pyrgulopsis aloba, is a species of freshwater snail in the family Hydrobiidae. It is endemic to the United States and only known from two springs in the Duckwater Reservation, Nye County, Nevada.

It is a small Pyrgulopsis with a shell height of 1–1.9 mm (0.04–0.07 in) and shell width of 1–1.7 mm (0.04–0.07 in).

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Pyrgulopsis aloba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40051A10311461. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40051A10311461.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Pyrgulopsis aloba Duckwater Pyrg". NatureServe. 14 September 1999. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  3. ^ Hershler, Robert (1998). "A systematic review of the hydrobiid snails (Gastropoda: Rissooidea) of the Great Basin, western United States. Part I. Genus Pyrgulopsis". The Veliger. 41: 1–132 . hdl:10088/7293.
  4. "Pyrgulopsis aloba Hershler, 1998". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Pyrgulopsis aloba


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