Species Information
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Assiminea
Species: pecos
Pecos Assiminea Snail - Assiminea pecos

Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico
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Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Pecos Assiminea (Assiminea pecos) is a tiny (shell length up to 2.2 mm) thermal spring snail with rudimentary gills. They are the most inland member of their group and are now only found along the Lost River in Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico and in Diamond Y Draw in Texas. They inhabit aquifer-fed spring systems in desert grasslands with abundant karst (limestone land formations) topography.
Status
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 4
Number of Mapped Locations: 14
Number of Observations: 37
Observation date range: 01-01-1968 to 08-27-2021
External Links
View More Information about this species at:
Biota Information System of New Mexico (BISON-M)
NatureServe Explorer
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
New Mexico State Wildlife Action Plan (NMSWAP)
Biota Information System of New Mexico (BISON-M)
NatureServe Explorer
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
New Mexico State Wildlife Action Plan (NMSWAP)