This snail has an ovate shell measuring no more than 2.7 millimeters tall. The tip of the snout is pigmented. The species is sexually dimorphic.[2]
This aquatic snail lives in springs with substrates of travertinelimestone. It is limited to Montezuma Well and the first 100 meters of its outflow.[1] The snail has a preference for areas of the spring with bare limestone and no vegetation or sediment. It tolerates relatively high amounts of dissolved carbon dioxide and remains in areas of the springs where the CO2 concentration is high, possibly as a means of avoiding predators that cannot tolerate these conditions.[3]
References
^ abcCordeiro, J. (2012). "Pyrgulopsis montezumensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T18974A1935869. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T18974A1935869.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^Pyrgulopsis montezumensis. Invertebrate Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.
^O'Brien, C. and D. W. Blinn. (1999). The endemic spring snail Pyrgulopsis montezumensis in a high CO2 environment: Importance of extreme chemical habitats as refugia. Freshwater Biology 42(2) 225–34.
External links
NatureServe. 2014. Pyrgulopsis montezumensis. NatureServe Explorer. Version 7.1. Accessed September 12, 2014.
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montezuma, well, springsnail, pyrgulopsis, montezumensis, species, freshwater, snail, family, hydrobiidae, snails, endemic, montezuma, well, large, sinkhole, yavapai, county, arizona, united, states, conservation, statusvulnerable, iucn, scientific, classifica. The Montezuma Well springsnail Pyrgulopsis montezumensis is a species of freshwater snail in the family Hydrobiidae the mud snails It is endemic to Montezuma Well a large sinkhole in Yavapai County Arizona in the United States 1 Montezuma Well springsnailConservation statusVulnerable IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum MolluscaClass GastropodaSubclass CaenogastropodaOrder LittorinimorphaFamily HydrobiidaeGenus PyrgulopsisSpecies P montezumensisBinomial namePyrgulopsis montezumensisHershler 1988This snail has an ovate shell measuring no more than 2 7 millimeters tall The tip of the snout is pigmented The species is sexually dimorphic 2 This aquatic snail lives in springs with substrates of travertine limestone It is limited to Montezuma Well and the first 100 meters of its outflow 1 The snail has a preference for areas of the spring with bare limestone and no vegetation or sediment It tolerates relatively high amounts of dissolved carbon dioxide and remains in areas of the springs where the CO2 concentration is high possibly as a means of avoiding predators that cannot tolerate these conditions 3 References Edit a b c Cordeiro J 2012 Pyrgulopsis montezumensis IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012 e T18974A1935869 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2012 RLTS T18974A1935869 en Retrieved 17 November 2021 Pyrgulopsis montezumensis Invertebrate Abstracts Arizona Game and Fish Department O Brien C and D W Blinn 1999 The endemic spring snail Pyrgulopsis montezumensis in a high CO2 environment Importance of extreme chemical habitats as refugia Freshwater Biology 42 2 225 34 External links EditNatureServe 2014 Pyrgulopsis montezumensis NatureServe Explorer Version 7 1 Accessed September 12 2014 This Hydrobiidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Montezuma Well springsnail amp oldid 1123657481, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
