Upland hornsnail

Upland hornsnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Pleurocera
Species: P. showalteri
Binomial name
Pleurocera showalteri
I. Lea, 1862

The upland hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera showalteri, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. Bogan A. E. (1996). Pleurocera showalteri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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