Bliss Rapids snail

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.

Bliss Rapids snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Taylorconcha
Species:
T. serpenticola
Binomial name
Taylorconcha serpenticola
Herschler, Frest, Johannes, Bowler & Thompson, 1994

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
  1. 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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