The Oasis Valley springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis micrococcus, is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.
Oasis valley springsnail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Hydrobiidae |
Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
Species: | P. micrococcus
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Binomial name | |
Pyrgulopsis micrococcus (Pilsbry, 1893)
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This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
edit- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Pyrgulopsis micrococcus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T18973A8766274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T18973A8766274.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.