The Point of Rocks tryonia, scientific name Tryonia elata, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.
Point of Rocks tryonia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Hydrobiidae |
Genus: | Tryonia |
Species: | T. elata
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Binomial name | |
Tryonia elata Hershler & Sada, 1987
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This species is endemic to the United States. The common name of the species refers to the area known as Point of Rocks, Maryland, in the USA.
References
edit- ^ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Tryonia elata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22424A9372589. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22424A9372589.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.