The Three Forks springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis trivialis, is a species of very small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States. The common name is a reference to its endemic range at Three Forks, Arizona.
Three Forks 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. trivialis
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Binomial name | |
Pyrgulopsis trivialis (Taylor, 1987)
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References
edit- ^ Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Pyrgulopsis trivialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T18990A1939580. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T18990A1939580.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.