The phantom cave snail or phantom cavesnail (Pyrgulopsis texana) is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod in the family Hydrobiidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. texana
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis texana (Pilsbry, 1935)
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Distribution
editThis species is endemic to the lower Pecos River basin, Texas, the United States.[2]
Genus transfer
editWhen originally described in 1935, the phantom cave snail was assigned to the genus Cochliopa. Following a detailed examination of shell and anatomical characteristics along with genetic sequencing it was transferred to the genus Pyrgulopsis in 2010.[2]
References
edit- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Cochliopa texana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T5048A11110896. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T5048A11110896.en. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
- ^ a b c Hershler R., Liu H.-P. & Lang B. K. (2010). "Transfer of Cochliopa texana to Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae) and description of a third congener from the lower Pecos River basin". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(3): 245-256. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyq002.
Further reading
edit- Dundee D. S. & Dundee H. A. (1969). "Notes Concerning Two Texas Molluscs, Cochliopa texana Pilsbry and Lyrodes cheatumi Pilsbry (Mollusca: Hydrobiidae)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 88(2): 205-210. JSTOR
- Cole G. A. (1976). "A New Amphipod Crustacean, Gammarus hyalelloides n. sp., from Texas". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 95(1): 80-85. JSTOR.
External links
edit- http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=G00X
- http://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/chihuahuan_freshwater.cfm
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