page_title: Bruneau hot springsnail
section_title: Habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Bruneau hot springsnail / Habitat
caption_attribution_description: English: Bruneau Idaho Snail Sign- placed there after the world's rarest snails were discovered in hotsprings in the area, and ranchers believed they were protecting the snails (Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis) more than the people living there
context_page_description: The Bruneau hot springsnail, scientific name Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis, is a species of very small freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States, Bruneau River in Idaho. Its natural habitat is thermal springs. It is threatened by habitat loss.
context_section_description: It prefers wetted rock faces of springs and flowing water, with large cobbles and boulders. The principal threat to the Bruneau hot springsnail is the reduction and/or elimination of its geothermal habitats as a result of groundwater withdrawal, primarily for agriculture. Spring temperatures are the predominant factor that determines the springsnail's distribution and abundance; the springsnail requires constant springwater temperatures to survive.
caption: Bruneau Idaho Snail Sign- placed there after the world's rarest snails were discovered in hotsprings in the area, and ranchers believed they were protecting the snails (Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis) more than the people living there
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