Amargosa springsnail

Amargosa springsnail
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Pyrgulopsis
Species:	P. amargosae
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis amargosae Hershler, 1989[2]

The Amargosa springsnail (Pyrgulopsis amargosae) is a snail in the family Hydrobiidae. It is endemic to the Amargosa River drainage of the southwestern United States.^[1][3] The small (1.5–2.7 mm high) snail is known to occur in several near-brackish springs, including the type locality of Saratoga Springs in Death Valley.^[2]

References

1. Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2011). "Pyrgulopsis amargosae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T189691A8762711. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189691A8762711.en. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
2. Hershler, Robert (March 1989). "Springsnails (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) of Owens and Amargosa River (exclusive of Ash Meadows) drainages, Death Valley system, California-Nevada". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 102 (1): 176–248.
3. "Death Valley geology field trip: Saratoga and Valley Springs". USGS/NPS. Archived from the original on 23 October 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.