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| California brackish water snail | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Genus: | Tryonia |
| Species: | T. imitator
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| Binomial name | |
| Tryonia imitator Pilsbry, 1899
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The California brackish water snail, also known as the mimic tryonia, scientific name Tryonia imitator, is a species of very small brackish water snail that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.
This species is endemic to the United States.