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Tryonia cheatumi

Tryonia cheatumi, also known as Cheatum's snail and the Phantom tryonia, is a species of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.

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Jul 28, 2026
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Length
188 w
Citations
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Source
Tryonia cheatumi
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)2
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cochliopidae
Genus: Tryonia
Species:
T. cheatumi
Binomial name
Tryonia cheatumi
(Pilsbry, 1935)
Synonyms4
  • Potamopyrgus cheatumi Pilsbry, 1935

Tryonia cheatumi, also known as Cheatum's snail and the Phantom tryonia, is a species of small freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Tryonia cheatumi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T22416A9372071. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22416A9372071.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. NatureServe. "Tryonia cheatumi". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  3. "Phantom Tryonia (Tryonia cheatumi)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  4. 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 cheatumi (Pilsbry, 1935)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 May 2026.