Pyrgulopsis castaicensis

Pyrgulopsis castaicensis is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[1]

Pyrgulopsis castaicensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Subfamily:
Nymphophilinae
Genus:
Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. castaicensis
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis castaicensis
Hershler & Liu, 2010[1]

Distribution

Pyrgulopsis castaicensis occurs in only one spring in the upper part of the Santa Clara River basin, in southwestern California.[1]

References
  1. Hershler R. Liu H.-P. (25 January 2010). "Two new, possibly threatened species of Pyrgulopsis (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) from southwestern California". Zootaxa 2343: 1-17, 8 plates. preview.
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