Biology:Alamosa springsnail
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Alamosa springsnail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Tryonia |
| Species: | T. alamosae
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| Binomial name | |
| Tryonia alamosae Taylor, 1987
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Tryonia alamosae, common name the Alamosa springsnail, is a species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
The species is endemic to Socorro County, New Mexico in the United States , where only one population is known. It was placed on the federal endangered species list along with the Socorro springsnail in 1991.[1]
The snail occurs in five small connected springs within half a mile of each other; this is thought to be a single population.[1] The snail was discovered in 1979 and described to science as a new species in 1987.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 United States Fish and Wildlife Service (August) 1994. Socorro and Alamosa Sprinsnail recovery plan. New Mexico Ecological Services State Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 24 pp.
- ↑ USFWS. Final rule to list the Alamosa Springsnail and the Socorro Springsnail as endangered. September 30, 1991.
Further reading
- Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Tryonia alamosae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T22421A9372447. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T22421A9372447.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22421/9372447. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Species profile at U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wikidata ☰ Q3175773 entry
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