Amargosa springsnail

Species of gastropod

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

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1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.

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Death Valley and Death Valley National Park

Fauna, flora and minerals|

* Amargosa springsnail
* Badwater snail
* Borax
* Chuckwalla
* Death Valley monkeyflower
* Death Valley pupfish
* Death Valley June beetle
* Devils Hole pupfish
* Saratoga Springs pupfish

History|

* Amargosa Opera House and Hotel
* Badwater
* Death Valley '49ers
* Death Valley Railroad
* Greenwater
* Harmony Borax Works
* Lake Manly (Badwater Basin)
* Skidoo
* Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad
* Twenty-mule team

Places|

* Amargosa Range / River / Valley
* Ash Meadows NWR
* Badwater Basin
* Ballarat
* Beatty
* Black Mountains
* Chloride City
* Cottonwood Mountains
* Dante's View
* Darwin Falls
* Death Valley Junction
* Devil's Golf Course
* Eureka Valley / Dunes
* Funeral Mountains
* Furnace Creek
* Panamint City / Panamint Range / Panamint Springs / Panamint Valley
* Rainbow Canyon
* Racetrack Playa
* Rhyolite
* Saline Valley
* Saratoga Springs
* Scotty's Castle
* Stovepipe Wells
* Telescope Peak
* Trona
* Ubehebe Crater
* Zabriskie Point

Transportation|

* California: SR 127
* SR 178
* SR 190
* Trona Railway
* Nevada: US 95
* SR 267
* SR 373
* SR 374

Taxon identifiers

Pyrgulopsis amargosae|

* Wikidata: Q3142268
* BOLD: 30878
* CoL: 4QTX5
* EoL: 591626
* GBIF: 2299982
* iNaturalist: 151084
* IRMNG: 10591474
* ITIS: 568183
* IUCN: 189691
* NatureServe: 2.109637
* NCBI: 199902
* Open Tree of Life: 192017
* SeaLifeBase: 2386
* WoRMS: 991513

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