The Kingman springsnail (Pyrgulopsis conica) is a species of freshwater snail in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails. It is endemic to Mohave County, Arizona, in the United States.NatureServe. 2014. Pyrgulopsis conica. NatureServe Explorer. Version 7.1. Accessed September 11, 2014.
It lives in aquatic habitat in the Black Mountains near Kingman, Arizona. It is known from only three springs,Pyrgulopsis conica. Invertebrate Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department. where it may be threatened by loss of groundwater. A single drought event could threaten the entire population of the species.
Description Pyrgulopsis conica has a shell that is tall. It is convex in shape to rounded with shoulders. Its differentiated from other Pyrgulopsis in that its penial filament has a medium length lobe and medium length filament with the penial ornament consisting of a near-circular terminal gland.
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