Diamond Y springsnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Tryonia
Species:
T. adamantina
Binomial name
Tryonia adamantina
Taylor, 1987

The Diamond Y springsnail, scientific name Tryonia adamantina, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

The species is endemic to the United States. The common name is a reference to the Diamond Y Spring which is on the Diamond Y Spring Preserve in West Texas, a cienaga system.

References

    • Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Pseudotryonia adamantina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T22420A9372331. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22420A9372331.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
    • 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
    • About the Diamond Y Spring Preserve


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