Amargosa tryonia

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Amargosa tryonia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Tryonia
Species:
T. variegata
Binomial name
Tryonia variegata
Hershler & Sada, 1987

The Amargosa tryonia, scientific name Tryonia variegata, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to California, United States. The common name refers to the Amargosa River.

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References

  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Tryonia variegata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T22430A9372865. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22430A9372865.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.