Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae

Pyrgophorus spinosus (Call & Pilsbry, 1886)
Freshwater; listed as some congeners are marine

Range: 27.5°N to 18.75°N; 97.5°W to 95.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3.86 mm

Details

Pyrgulopsis spinosus Call & Pilsbry, 1886, p. 14, pl. 2, figs. 17-17a, 18-18a, 19
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Comal Creek, New Braunfels, Texas
Range: 27.5°N to 18.75°N; 97.5°W to 95.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3.86 mm
Distribution: USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz
References: Call & Pilsbry (1886) M; Morrison (1939a) W; Odé (1987b) NM; Reguero & García-Cubas (1989) SE
Comments: Probably entirely a freshwater species.

Partial List of References

Call, R. E. and H. A. Pilsbry. 1886. On Pyrgulopsis, a new genus of rissoid mollusk, with descriptions of two new forms Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences 5 9-14. [Stated date: 25 May 1886.]

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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Pyrgophorus spinosus (Call & Pilsbry, 1886)Freshwater; listed as some congeners are marine

Details

Partial List of References

Pyrgophorus spinosus (Call & Pilsbry, 1886)
Freshwater; listed as some congeners are marine