Animalia > Mollusca > Gastropoda > Littorinimorpha > Hydrobiidae > Pyrgulopsis > Pyrgulopsis montezumensis

Pyrgulopsis montezumensis (Montezuma Well Springsnail)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Montezuma Well springsnail (Pyrgulopsis montezumensis) is a species of freshwater snail in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails. It is endemic to Montezuma Well, a large sinkhole in Yavapai County, Arizona, in the United States. This snail has an ovate shell measuring no more than 2.7 millimeters tall. The tip of the snout is pigmented. The species is sexually dimorphic.
View Wikipedia Record: Pyrgulopsis montezumensis

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Pyrgulopsis montezumensis

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0