Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
      Order: Littorinimorpha
        Family: Hydrobiidae
          Genus: Pyrgulopsis
            Species: thermalis

New Mexico Hot Springsnail - Pyrgulopsis thermalis

New Mexico Hot Springsnail

Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

New Mexico Hot Springsnail (Pyrgulopsis thermalis) is a tiny (shell length up to 2 mm) hot spring-restricted snail that is only found in two thermal springs of the Gila River in the Gila Wilderness of New Mexico. They inhabit steep or vertical rocks covered with thin sheets of water and prefer water temperatures of 33-35?C.

Status

Global Rank: G1

State Rank: S1

Rank Metadata
State Rank: S1 Rank Changed: 04/11/1991
Rank Reviewed: 04/11/1991
Reason: N/A
 
Ecological Factors
Specificity: N/A Range Extent: N/A
Occurences: N/A Population Size: N/A
Area of Occupancy: N/A Threat Summary: N/A

State Status: T

Federal Status:

USFS Status: R3 SCC

BLM Status:

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 4

Number of Mapped Locations: 18

Number of Observations: 41

Observation date range: 06-30-1905 to 08-18-2009


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