Diamond Y springsnail
Appearance
(Redirected from Diamond y springsnail)
Diamond Y springsnail | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Hydrobiidae |
Genus: | Tryonia |
Species: | T. adamantina
|
Binomial name | |
Tryonia adamantina Taylor, 1987
|
The Diamond Y springsnail, scientific name Tryonia adamantina, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
The species is endemic to the United States. The common name is a reference to the Diamond Y Spring which is on the Diamond Y Spring Preserve in West Texas, a cienaga system.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Pseudotryonia adamantina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22420A9372331. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22420A9372331.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.