Quitabaquito tryonia
| Quitabaquito tryonia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| 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 mollusk 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
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Tryonia quitobaquitae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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