Phantom cave snail
Species of gastropod
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The phantom cave snail or phantom cavesnail (Pyrgulopsis texana) is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod in the family Hydrobiidae.
| Phantom cave snail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. texana |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis texana (Pilsbry, 1935) | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Distribution
This species is endemic to the lower Pecos River basin, Texas, the United States.[3]
Genus transfer
When originally described in 1935, the phantom cave snail was assigned to the genus Cochliopa. Following a detailed examination of shell and anatomical characteristics along with genetic sequencing it was transferred to the genus Pyrgulopsis in 2010.[3]
