Roswell springsnail

The Roswell springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis roswellensis, is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Roswell, New Mexico in the United States.

Roswell springsnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. roswellensis
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis roswellensis
Taylor, 1987

References
  1. Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Pyrgulopsis roswellensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T18985A1939134. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T18985A1939134.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.


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