Point of Rocks tryonia
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Species: | T. elata
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Tryonia elata Hershler & Sada, 1987
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The Point of Rocks tryonia, scientific name Tryonia elata, is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to the United States. The common name of the species refers to the area known as Point of Rocks, Maryland, in the USA.
References
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Tryonia elata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.