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Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
      Order: Littorinimorpha
        Family: Cochliopidae
          Genus: Juturnia
            Species: tularosae

Tularosa Juturnia - Juturnia tularosae

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Tularosa Springsnail (Juturnia tularosae) is a small (shell height 1.7-4.8 mm) freshwater snail that is only found in the central reach of Salt Creek of the northern Tularosa Basin in Sierra County, New Mexico. Their habitat in Salt Creek has variable flow and water temperature and is saline ? it is high in both alkalis (sodium and potassium) and chlorides.

Status

Global Rank: G1

State Rank: S1

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SWAP Status: SGCN

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Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 1

Number of Mapped Locations: 8

Number of Observations: 8

Observation date range: 02-04-2001 to 06-26-2015

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