Pyrgulopsis arizonae
Species of gastropod
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Pyrgulopsis arizonae, commonly known as the Apache springsnail, is a species of small freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.
| Apache springsnail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. arizonae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis arizonae (Taylor, 1987) | |
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This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to an unnamed spring on north side of Gila River about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Bylas, Arizona, United States.[2]
Description
Pyrgulopsis arizonae is a small snail that has a height of 3.3–4.6 millimetres (0.13–0.18 in) and a globose to elongate conic shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has an elongate lobe and medium length, broad filament with the penial ornament consisting of a large, superficial ventral gland often with a similar dorsal gland.[2]
