Dutton's river snail

Dutton's river snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Lithasia
Species: L. duttoniana
Binomial name
Lithasia duttoniana
I. Lea, 1841

Dutton's river snail also known as the helmet rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia duttoniana, is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

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