Valvata virens

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Valvata virens operculum.jpg

|image_caption = the operculum of Valvata virens

| status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bogan, A.E. |date=1996 |title=Valvata virens |volume=1996 |page=e.T22836A9394277 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22836A9394277.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

| taxon = Valvata virens

| authority = Tryon, 1863

| synonyms =

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Valvata virens is a species of freshwater snail in the family Valvatidae. It is known by the common name emerald valvata.NatureServe. 2014. [http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Valvata+virens Valvata virens.] NatureServe Explorer. Version 7.1. Accessed September 3, 2014.

This species is endemic to California in the United States. Reports from adjacent states are invalid. Of the two valid occurrences reported in California, at least one is extirpated and the other is in an unknown location. NatureServe has listed the species with the conservation status "possibly extinct".