Crystal Spring springsnail
Species of gastropod
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Crystal Spring springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis crystalis, is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
| Crystal spring springsnail | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. crystalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis crystalis Hershler & Sada, 1987 | |
This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to Crystal Pool, Ash Meadows, Nevada, United States.[2]
Description
Pyrgulopsis crystalis is a small snail that has a height of 1.8–2.6 millimetres (0.071–0.102 in) and a globose to neritiform, small to medium-sized shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has an absent lobe and elongate filament with the penial ornament consisting of a large, superficial ventral gland.[2]
