The Quitabaquito tryonia, scientific name Tryonia quitobaquitae, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to the US.
Quitabaquito 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. quitobaquitae
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Binomial name | |
Tryonia quitobaquitae Hershler, 1988
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The common name refers to the Quitabaquito Springs Oasis, in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona.
References
edit- ^ 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.