Gila springsnail
| Gila springsnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. gilae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis gilae (Taylor, 1987) | |
The Gila springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis gilae, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Pyrgulopsis gilae.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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