Gila tryonia
| Gila tryonia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Tryonia |
| Species: | T. gilae |
| Binomial name | |
| Tryonia gilae Taylor, 1987 | |
The Gila tryonia (Tryonia gilae) is a species of freshwater snail in the family Hydrobiidae, the mud snails. It is endemic to Arizona in the United States, where it is known only from Graham County.[1]
This snail has a conical, elongated shell reaching about 3.4 millimeters in length and 3.3 in height. The shell is transparent. The animal has fleshy lips on its snout.[2]
This snail is occurs at just a few spots in springs in the Upper Gila River system near Bylas, Arizona.[1]
References
- 1 2 NatureServe. 2014. Tryonia gilae. NatureServe Explorer. Version 7.1. Accessed September 13, 2014.
- ↑ Tryonia gilae. Invertebrate Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.
External links
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Tryonia gilae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 14 September 2014.
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