Bliss Rapids snail
| Bliss Rapids snail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Taylorconcha |
| Species: | T. serpenticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Taylorconcha serpenticola Herschler, Frest, Johannes, Bowler & Thompson, 1994 | |
The Bliss Rapids snail, scientific name Taylorconcha serpenticola, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to Idaho in the United States. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It is named after the Bliss Rapids on the Snake River as the river passes through the State of Idaho.
References
- ↑ Bogan, A.E. (2000). Taylorconcha serpenticola. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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