The phantom cave snail or phantom cavesnail (''Pyrgulopsis texana'') is a species of very small
freshwater snail with an
operculum, an
aquatic gastropod in the family
Hydrobiidae
Hydrobiidae, commonly known as mud snails, is a large cosmopolitan family of very small freshwater and brackish water snails with an operculum; they are in the order Littorinimorpha.
Distribution
Hydrobiidae are found in much of the world, ...
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Distribution
This species is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to the lower
Pecos River basin, Texas, the
United States
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Genus transfer
When originally described in 1935, the phantom cave snail was assigned to the genus ''Cochliopa''. Following a detailed examination of shell and anatomical characteristics along with genetic sequencing it was transferred to the genus ''Pyrgulopsis'' in 2010.
References
Further reading
* Dundee D. S. & Dundee H. A. (1969). "Notes Concerning Two Texas Molluscs, ''Cochliopa texana'' Pilsbry and ''Lyrodes cheatumi'' Pilsbry (Mollusca: Hydrobiidae)". ''Transactions of the American Microscopical Society'' 88(2): 205-210
JSTOR* Cole G. A. (1976). "A New Amphipod Crustacean, ''Gammarus hyalelloides'' n. sp., from Texas". ''Transactions of the American Microscopical Society'' 95(1): 80-85
JSTOR
External links
* http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=G00X
* http://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/ecoregions/chihuahuan_freshwater.cfm
Molluscs of the United States
Pyrgulopsis
Cave snails
Gastropods described in 1935
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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