Roswell springsnail closeup

Extreme close-up of a tiny brown snail.
Photo By/Credit

USFWS

Date Shot/Created
09/08/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
The Roswell springsnail measures in at around 1.5 millimeters in length, and is native only to Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge in southeast New Mexico outside of Roswell.
Facility
Southwestern Native Aquatic Resources and Recovery Center
New Mexico Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office
Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Ecosystem
Desert
Wetland
Species
Pyrgulopsis roswellensis
Subject tags
Deserts
Endangered and/or Threatened species
Invertebrates
Wetland restoration
Wetlands