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
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T. serpenticola
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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.

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  1. ^ Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Taylorconcha serpenticola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T40049A10311274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40049A10311274.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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