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South Sierra Nevada springsnail

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Kingdom
  
Superfamily
  
Rissooidea

Genus
  
Higher classification
  
Pyrgulopsis

Phylum
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Pyrgulopsis giuliani

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Species

The south Sierra Nevada springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis giuliani, is a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

This species is endemic to the Sierra Nevada in the United States. This species is threatened by habitat loss.

References

South Sierra Nevada springsnail Wikipedia


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