- Marstonia ozarkensis
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Marstonia ozarkensis Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Rissooidea Family: Hydrobiidae Genus: Marstonia Species: M. ozarkensis Binomial name Pyrgulopsis ozarkensis
Hinkley, 1915Synonyms 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
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Pyrgulopsis ozarkensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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