California brackish water snail
California brackish water snail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
Family: | Hydrobiidae |
Genus: | Tryonia |
Species: | T. imitator |
Binomial name | |
Tryonia imitator Pilsbry, 1899 | |
The California brackish water snail also known as the mimic tryonia, scientific name Tryonia imitator, is a species of very small brackish water snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to the United States.
References
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Tryonia imitator. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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