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
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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ NatureServe. 2014. Pyrgulopsis conica. NatureServe Explorer. Version 7.1. Accessed September 11, 2014.
  3. ^ Pyrgulopsis conica. Invertebrate Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.
  4. ^ Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.