Kingman springsnail


The Kingman springsnail is a species of freshwater snail in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails. It is endemic to Mohave County, Arizona, in the United States.
It lives in aquatic habitat in the Black Mountains near Kingman, Arizona. It is known from only three springs, 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.