Pseudotryonia adamantina

Pseudotryonia adamantina
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cochliopidae
Genus: Pseudotryonia
Species:
P. adamantina
Binomial name
Pseudotryonia adamantina
(Taylor, 1987)
Synonyms[3]
  • Tryonia (Paupertryonia) adamantia Taylor, 1987
  • Tryonia (Paupertryonia) adamantina Taylor, 1987

Pseudotryonia adamantina, commonly known as the Diamond tryonia or Diamond Y springsnail,[2] is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.

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

  1. ↑ 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 19 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 NatureServe. "Pseudotryonia adamantina". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  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.). "Pseudotryonia adamantina (D. W. Taylor, 1987)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 May 2026.