Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Rissooidea Genus Pyrgulopsis Higher classification Pyrgulopsis | Phylum Mollusca Family Hydrobiidae Scientific name Pyrgulopsis conica Rank Species | |
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The Kingman springsnail (Pyrgulopsis conica) is a species of freshwater snail in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails. It is endemic to Mohave County, Arizona, in the United States.
This small snail has a shell no more than 2.7 millimeters tall. It is convex in shape to rounded with shoulders. It lives in aquatic habitat in the Black Mountains near Kingman, Arizona. It is known from only three springs, where it may be threatened by loss of groundwater. A single drought event could threaten the entire population of the species.
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