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Diamond Y springsnail
The
Diamond
Y
springsnail
,
scientific name
Tryonia
adamantina
, is a
species
of small
freshwater snail
with a
gill
and an
operculum
, an
aquatic
gastropod
mollusk
in the
family
Hydrobiidae
.
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
.