Laguna Mountain springsnail
The Laguna Mountain springsnail (Pyrgulopsis californiensis) is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.
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| Species: | P. californiensis |
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| Pyrgulopsis californiensis (Gregg & Taylor, 1965) | |
This species' natural habitat is streams. It is endemic to Campo Creek, San Diego County, California, United States.[1]
Description
P. californiensis is a small snail that has a height of 3.3–4.6 millimetres (0.13–0.18 in) and elongate-conic shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has an elongate lobe and elongate filament with the penial ornament consisting of an elongate penial gland; large, curved, transverse terminal gland; and several ventral glands.[1]
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References
- Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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