New Mexico hotspring snail

The New Mexico hotspring snail (Pyrgulopsis thermalis) is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.

New Mexico hotspring snail
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Pyrgulopsis
Species:	P. thermalis
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis thermalis (Taylor, 1987)

This species is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is hot springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.