Tryonia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Cochliopidae
- Genus
- Tryonia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Tryonia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Tryonia
Tryonia is a genus of freshwater snails in the family Hydrobiidae. This genus is sometimes placed in the family Cochliopidae.
Snails of this genus are very small with narrow shells. Females brood young within the genital tract. Species usually live in springs. The genus is differentiated from others by the structure of the male and female reproductive systems.
Most of these snails occur in western North America, especially the Chihuahuan Desert. There are also species known in Florida and Guatemala.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Tryonia aequicostata
- Tryonia allendae
- Tryonia angosturae
- Tryonia angulata
- Tryonia cheatumi
- Tryonia chuviscarae
- Tryonia circumstriata
- Tryonia clathrata
- Tryonia contrerasi
- Tryonia diaboli
- Tryonia dugesiana
- Tryonia elata
- Tryonia ericae
- Tryonia gilae
- Tryonia hertleini
- Tryonia imitator
- Tryonia infernalis
- Tryonia julimesensis
- Tryonia margae
- Tryonia mariae
- Tryonia metcalfi
- Tryonia minckleyi
- Tryonia molinae
- Tryonia monitorae
- Tryonia oasiensis
- Tryonia ovata
- Tryonia peregrina
- Tryonia pilsbryi
- Tryonia porrecta
- Tryonia quitobaquitae
- Tryonia rowlandsi
- Tryonia salina
- Tryonia santarosae
- Tryonia seemani
- Tryonia shikueii
- Tryonia taylori
- Tryonia variegata
- Tryonia zaragozae





































