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Phantom Cave Snail

Pyrgulopsis texana

Classification

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. Distribution This species is endemic to the lower Pecos River basin, Texas, the United States. Genus transfer When originally described in 1935, the phantom cave snail was assigned to the genus Cochliopa.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 35