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Cheatum's snail

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Cheatum's snail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Tryonia
Species:
T. cheatumi
Binomial name
Tryonia cheatumi
(Pilsbry, 1935)

Cheatum's snail also known as the Phantom tryonia, scientific name Tryonia cheatumi, is a species of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

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  1. ^ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Tryonia cheatumi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22416A9372071. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22416A9372071.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.