The South Sierra Nevada springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis giuliani, is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
South Sierra Nevada 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. giuliani
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Binomial name | |
Pyrgulopsis giuliani Hershler & Pratt, 1990
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This species is endemic to the Sierra Nevada in the United States. This species is threatened by habitat loss.
References
edit- ^ Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Pyrgulopsis giuliani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40052A10311510. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40052A10311510.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.