- Montezuma Well springsnail
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Montezuma Well springsnail Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Rissooidea Family: Hydrobiidae Genus: Pyrgulopsis Species: P. montezumensis Binomial name Pyrgulopsis montezumensis
Hershler, 1988The Montezuma Well springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis montezumensis, is a species of very small freshwater snail that has an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers.
References
- Mollusk Specialist Group 2000. Pyrgulopsis montezumensis.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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