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Springsnails as seen through a microscope.

Photo By/Credit

Date Shot/Created

10/25/2023

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Born in captivity, these juvenile endangered Roswell springsnails are the progeny of individuals collected from a dried creek bed at Bitter Lake National Widlife Refuge near Roswell, New Mexico.

Facility

Southwestern Native Aquatic Resources and Recovery Center

Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Ecosystem

Desert

Wetland

Species

Pyrgulopsis roswellensis

Subject tags

Aquaculture

Endangered and/or Threatened species

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