Juturnia kosteri
Species of gastropod
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Juturnia kosteri, commonly known as Koster's springsnail or Koster's tryonia, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Cochliopidae.
| Juturnia kosteri | |
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| Microscopic photo of Koster's springsnail | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cochliopidae |
| Genus: | Juturnia |
| Species: | J. kosteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Juturnia kosteri (Taylor, 1987) | |
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Distribution
This species is endemic to New Mexico in the United States.[2]