Gila tryonia

Gila tryonia

Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cochliopidae
Genus: Tryonia
Species:
T. gilae
Binomial name
Tryonia gilae
Taylor, 1987
Synonyms[3]
  • Tryonia gilae Hershler, 1988

The Gila tryonia (Tryonia gilae) is a species of freshwater snail in the family Cochliopidae. It is endemic to Arizona in the United States, where it is known only from Graham County.[2]

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.[4]

This snail occurs at just a few spots in springs in the Upper Gila River system near Bylas, Arizona.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Tryonia gilae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T22426A9372683. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22426A9372683.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c NatureServe. "Tryonia gilae". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  3. ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Tryonia gilae D. W. Taylor, 1987". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  4. ^ Tryonia gilae. Archived 2014-09-16 at the Wayback Machine Invertebrate Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.