Pyrgophorus
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| Genus: | Pyrgophorus Ancey, 1888
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Pyrgophorus is a genus of very small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Hydrobiidae. They
Species
Species in the genus Pyrgophorus include[1]:
- Pyrgophorus parvulus (Guilding, 1828)
- Pyrgophorus platyrachis F. G. Thompson, 1968 - serrate crownsnail
- Pyrgophorus spinosus (Call & Pilsbry, 1886) - spiny crownsnail
- Pyrgophorus coronatus (Pfeiffer, 1840)
References
- ^ Pyrgophorus. ITIS, accessed 26 July 2009.
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External links
[1] Comparison of gastropod mollusc (Apogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) habitats in two crater lakes in Nicaragua, Jeffrey K. McCrary, Henry Madsen, Liza González, Inti Luna, & Lorenzo J. López. Rev. Biol. Trop. 56:113-120 (2008)
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- ^ [http://www.gaianicaragua.org/McCraryRBT.pdf Comparison of gastropod mollusc (Apogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) habitats in two crater lakes in Nicaragua, Jeffrey K. McCrary, Henry Madsen, Liza González, Inti Luna, & Lorenzo J. López. Rev. Biol. Trop. 56:113-120 (2008)