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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[2]
It lives in aquatic habitat in the Black Mountains near Kingman, Arizona. It is known from only three springs,[3] where it may be threatened by loss of groundwater. A single drought event could threaten the entire population of the species.[1]
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Description
Pyrgulopsis conica has a shell that is 1.8–2.7 millimetres (0.071–0.106 in) tall. It is convex in shape to rounded with shoulders. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has a medium length lobe and medium length filament with the penial ornament consisting of a near-circular terminal gland.[4]
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