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Pyrgulopsis bedfordensis

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Pyrgulopsis bedfordensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species:
P. bedfordensis
Binomial name
Pyrgulopsis bedfordensis
(Hershler & Gustafson, 2001)

Pyrgulopsis bedfordensis, is a species of minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Hydrobiidae. It is listed as critically imperiled on the Montana Species of Concern list.[1]

This species is endemic to a 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) stretch of Bedford Spring Creek near Townsend, Montana, United States. Its natural habitat is streams.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Stagliano, David M (December 2016). "Current Population Status of a Locally Endemic Springsnail (Hydrobiidae: Pyrgulopsis bedfordensis) in Montana". Western North American Naturalist. 76 (4): 509–513. doi:10.3398/064.076.0401. S2CID 89625565.