Marstonia ozarkensis

Marstonia ozarkensis
Marstonia ozarkensis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Marstonia
Species: M. ozarkensis
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis ozarkensis
Hinkley, 1915
Synonyms

Pyrgulopsis ozarkensis

Marstonia ozarkensis, common name the Ozark pyrg, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States.

This species is named after the Ozarks, a highland region of the USA.

References

  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Pyrgulopsis ozarkensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.