South Sierra Nevada springsnail

The South Sierra Nevada springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis giuliani, is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

South Sierra Nevada springsnail
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P. giuliani
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Pyrgulopsis giuliani
Hershler & Pratt, 1990

This species is endemic to the Sierra Nevada in the United States. This species is threatened by habitat loss.

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