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Issue: Vol. 5213 No. 1: 23 Nov. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-11-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.1.4
Page range: 64-74
Abstract views: 571
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New species of Pyrgulopsis Call & Pilsbry, 1886 (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) from two Chihuahuan Desert springs

Department of Biology, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78542, USA.
Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 78666, USA.
Department of Biology, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78542, USA.
Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center/Department of Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 78666, USA.
Mollusca spring snails DNA barcoding morphology Trans-Pecos Big Bend

Abstract

Two new populations of Pyrgulopsis were found in springs in the Chihuahuan desert region of Texas. Pyrgulopsis Call & Pilsbry, 1886 are a diverse group of snails occupying freshwater springs, usually narrow-range endemics limited to a single spring. Their small ranges confer substantial conservation concern as the drying or disturbance of a single spring can lead to their extinction. We use mitochondrial COI and nuclear LSU sequences, shell morphometrics, and anatomical features to distinguish a new species of Pyrgulopsis endemic to the Big Bend region of Texas.

 

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