Biology:Diamond Y springsnail

Short description: Species of gastropod

Diamond Y springsnail
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
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

• Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Pseudotryonia adamantina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T22420A9372331. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22420A9372331.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22420/9372331. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
• 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
• About the Diamond Y Spring Preserve

Wikidata ☰ Q3171729 entry