Pyrgophorus coronatus

Pyrgophorus coronatus is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[1]

Pyrgophorus coronatus
A group of Pyrgophorus coronatus in the cap of a vial
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cochliopidae
Genus: Pyrgophorus
Species:
P. coronatus
Binomial name
Pyrgophorus coronatus
(Pfeiffer, 1840)
Subspecies[1]
  • P. c. bermudezi (Aguayo, 1947)
  • P. c. coronatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amnicola coronata (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
  • Paludina coronata L. Pfeiffer, 1840
  • Potamopyrgus coronatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
  • Pyrgulopsis (Pyrgophorus) coronatus Ancey, 1888

Description

Distribution and habitat

In Nicaragua, it is found in abundance in the volcanic crater lakes Xiloa and Apoyo[2]

References
  1. "Pyrgophorus coronatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  2. 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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