Tryonia imitator, also known as the California brackish water snail and the mimic tryonia, is a species of very small brackish water snail that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae.

Tryonia imitator
Imperiled
Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cochliopidae
Genus: Tryonia
Species:
T. imitator
Binomial name
Tryonia imitator
Pilsbry, 1899
Synonyms[3]
  • Paludestrina curta Arnold, 1903
  • Paludestrina imitator Pilsbry, 1899

This species is endemic to the United States.

References

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  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Tryonia imitator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T22418A9372267. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22418A9372267.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. NatureServe. "Tryonia imitator". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
  3. 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 imitator (Pilsbry, 1899)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 May 2026.