Marstonia ozarkensis
Species of gastropod
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Marstonia ozarkensis, common name the Ozark pyrg, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Hydrobiidae. This species was endemic to Missouri and Arkansas[2] in the United States and was presumed extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as of December 2018.[3]
| Marstonia ozarkensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Marstonia |
| Species: | M. ozarkensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Marstonia ozarkensis (Hinkley, 1915) | |
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This species was named after the Ozarks, a highland region of the United States.
