- Naegele springsnail
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Naegele 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. metcalfi Binomial name Pyrgulopsis metcalfi
(Taylor, 1987)The Naegele springsnail, also known as the Presidio County springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis metcalfi, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Pyrgulopsis metcalfi.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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