Roswell springsnail

Roswell springsnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species: P. roswellensis
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis roswellensis
Taylor, 1987

The Roswell springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis roswellensis, is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to Roswell, New Mexico in the United States.

References

  1. ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Pyrgulopsis roswellensis. 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 October 2011.
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