A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis
A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis
A Review of the North American Freshwater Snail Genus Pyrgulopsis
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NUMBER 554<br />
lake have not yielded live snails (Swain and Meader, 1958;<br />
Robertson, 1978; Galat et al., 1981), suggesting that <strong>the</strong> species<br />
now is extinct<br />
MATERIAL EXAMINED.—USNM 63992, Pyramid Lake,<br />
Nevada.<br />
<strong>Pyrgulopsis</strong> owensensis Hershler, 1989<br />
<strong>Pyrgulopsis</strong> owensensis Hershler, 1989:187, figs. 26a-d, 27-32.—Hershler<br />
and Pratt. 1990:286, fig. 6.<br />
DIAGNOSIS.—Shell near-globose to ovate-conic, small to<br />
medium-sized, umbilicate. Penial filament and lobe short.<br />
Penial ornament a dot-like Dgl (sometimes absent); straight,<br />
transverse terminal gland, and ventral gland.<br />
DESCRIPTION.—Shell (Figure 22