original description
Hershler, R. (2001). Systematics of the North and Central American aquatic snail genus <em>Tryonia</em> (Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 612: 1-53., available online at https://molluskconservation.org/EVENTS/2017Symposium/GASTROPODS-PDFS/Hershler%202001.pdf
page(s): 19 [details]
basis of record
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent freshwater/brackish Gastropoda of the World. Last update: January 24th, 2018. OpenAccess publication. [details]
additional source
Johnson, P. D.; Bogan, A. E.; Brown, K. M.; Burkhead, N. M.; Cordeiro, J. R.; Garner, J. T.; Hartfield, P. D.; Lepitzki, D. A. W.; Mackie, G. L.; Tarpley, T. A.; Tiemann, J. S.; Whelan, N. V.; Strong, E. E. (2013). Conservation status of freshwater gastropods of Canada and the United States. <em>Fisheries.</em> 38(6): 247-282., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03632415.2013.785396 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Etymology From Classical Greek, ipnos, "oven," "furnace;" and bios, "life." Referring to endemism of this genus in
Death Valley, one of the hottest regions on earth [details]