Kingman springsnail
| Kingman springsnail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. conica |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis conica Hershler, 1988 | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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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.[4]
It lives in aquatic habitat in the Black Mountains near Kingman, Arizona. It is known from only three springs,[5] 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.[6]
References
- 1 2 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. "Pyrgulopsis conica". 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 conica Hershler, 1988". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
- ↑ NatureServe. 2014. Pyrgulopsis conica. NatureServe Explorer. Version 7.1. Accessed September 11, 2014.
- ↑ Pyrgulopsis conica. Archived 2014-09-16 at the Wayback Machine 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.