Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Pyrgulopsis
Species: roswellensis
Roswell Springsnail - Pyrgulopsis roswellensis
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Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Roswell Springsnail (Pyrgulopsis roswellensis) is a tiny (shell length up to 3 mm) thermal spring snail that can only be found at the Roswell Country Club and in three springs in the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico. They live on pebbles and gypsum silt in slow-to-moderate velocity perennial water. As current flow slows, snail density decreases.
Status
USFS Status:
BLM Status:
SWAP Status: SGCN
NMRP Strategy Status:
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 5
Number of Mapped Locations: 16
Number of Observations: 34
Observation date range: 01-01-1954
to 06-17-2019
External Links
Year
1954
Citation Noel, M.S. 1954. Animal Ecology of a New Mexico springbrook. Hydrobiologia 6:120-135.
Reference Code
A54NOE01NMUS
Year
87
Citation A87TAY01NMUS, Legacy reference. Physical copy not yet located.
Reference Code
A87TAY01NMUS
Year
2016
Citation Pierce, L. 2016. Federal recovery and monitoring permit: annual report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, TE-815409. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.
Reference Code
E16DGF03NMUS
Year
1992
Citation Mehlhop, P. 1992. Field survey to Sago Spring on June 10, 1992.
Reference Code
F92MEH11NMUS
Year
1993
Citation Mehlhop, P. Field survey to Sago Spring, BItter Lake NWR on June 18, 1993.
Reference Code
F93MEH17NMUS
Year
1993
Citation Mehlhop, P. 1993. Field survey to Roswell Country Club on June 18, 1993.
Reference Code
F93MEH18NMUS
Year
1993
Citation Mehlhop, P. 1993. Field survey to Spring Canyon, Alamosa Warm Springs on July 1 and 2, 1993.
Reference Code
F93MEH20NMUS
Year
1987
Citation Taylor, D.W. 1987. Fresh-water Molluscs from New Mexico and Vicinity. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources. Bulletin 116. 50pp.
Reference Code
N87TAY01NMUS
Year
2010
Citation Lang, B.K. 2010. Macroinvertebrates of Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Section 6 E-56-7. 39p.
Reference Code
R10LAN01NMUS
Year
2011
Citation Rogowski, D. 2011. Texas Tech University activities conducted in 2011 on Pecos assiminea, Roswell springsnail, and Koster's springsnail in New Mexico and Texas. Report to Fish and Wildlife Service, Section 10 TE219536-1. 2 p.
Reference Code
R11ROG01NMUS
Year
1983
Citation Taylor, D.W. 1983 (?). New species of molluscs from New Mexico. Report to New Mexico Department of Game and Fish.
Reference Code
U83TAY02NMUS
Year
1992
Citation Mehlhop, P. 1992. Establishment of a rare mollusc inventory and monitoring program. Unpubl. progress report by New Mexico Natural Heritage Program to NM Dept. of Game and Fish. Year I. Contract # 80-519-52. 12 p.
Reference Code
U92MEH01NMUS
