New Mexico hotspring snail
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| New Mexico hotspring snail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgulopsis |
| Species: | P. thermalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgulopsis thermalis (Taylor, 1987)
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The New Mexico hotspring snail (Pyrgulopsis thermalis) is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is hot springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
[edit]- ^ Cordeiro, J. (2012). "Pyrgulopsis thermalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T18988A1939293. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T18988A1939293.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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