Kingman springsnail
The Kingman springsnail (Pyrgulopsis conica) is a species of freshwater snail in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails. It is endemic to Mohave County, Arizona, in the United States.[2]
| Kingman springsnail | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. conica |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis conica Hershler, 1988 | |
It lives in aquatic habitat in the Black Mountains near Kingman, Arizona. It is known from only three springs,[3] where it may be threatened by loss of groundwater. A single drought event could threaten the entire population of the species.[1]
Description
Pyrgulopsis conica has a shell that is 1.8–2.7 millimetres (0.071–0.106 in) tall. It is convex in shape to rounded with shoulders. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has a medium length lobe and medium length filament with the penial ornament consisting of a near-circular terminal gland.[4]
References
- Cordeiro, J.; Seddon, M. (2012). "Pyrgulopsis conica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T18963A1929993. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T18963A1929993.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- NatureServe. 2014. Pyrgulopsis conica. NatureServe Explorer. Version 7.1. Accessed September 11, 2014.
- Pyrgulopsis conica. Invertebrate Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.
- Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.