Pyrgulopsis bryantwalkeri
| Cortez Hills pebblesnail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. bryantwalkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis bryantwalkeri (Hershler, 1994) | |
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Pyrgulopsis bryantwalkeri, the Cortez Hills pebblesnail, is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to a spring in the Cortez foot-hills, Elko County, Nevada, United States.[3]
Description
Pyrgulopsis bryantwalkeri is a small snail that has a height of 1.5–3.2 millimetres (0.059–0.126 in) and globose to ovate-conic shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has a very weak lobe and short filament with the penial ornament consisting of a weakly developed terminal gland.[3]
References
- ↑ NatureServe. "Pyrgulopsis bryantwalkeri". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Pyrgulopsis bryantwalkeri Hershler, 1994". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- 1 2 Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.