Higher classification Tryonia | Superfamily Rissooidea Genus Tryonia Rank Species | |
Similar Tryonia, Assiminea pecos, Molluscs, Gastropods, Pyrgulopsis | ||
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.[1]
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