Quitabaquito tryonia

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

Quitabaquito tryonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Tryonia
Species:
T. quitobaquitae
Binomial name
Tryonia quitobaquitae
Hershler, 1988

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

References
  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.


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