The Fairbanks springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis fairbanksensis, is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae.

Fairbanks springsnail
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. fairbanksensis
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis fairbanksensis
Hershler & Sada, 1987

This species' natural habitat is springs. It is endemic to Fairbanks Spring, Ash Meadows, Nevada, United States.[2]

Description

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Pyrgulopsis fairbanksensis is a small snail that has a height of 2.5–3.4 millimetres (0.098–0.134 in) and a globose-turbinate, medium-sized shell. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has a short lobe and elongate filament with the penial ornament consisting of small, circular terminal gland.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Pyrgulopsis fairbanksensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T18967A1932542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T18967A1932542.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Hershler, Robert (1994). A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.