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Quitabaquito tryonia

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Quitabaquito tryonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Tryonia
Species:
T. quitobaquitae
Binomial name
Tryonia quitobaquitae
Hershler, 1988

The Quitabaquito tryonia, scientific name Tryonia quitobaquitae, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the United States.

The common name refers to the Quitabaquito Springs Oasis, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Tryonia quitobaquitae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22428A9372777. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22428A9372777.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.