Excised slitshell
| Excised slitshell | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Gyrotoma |
| Species: | †G. excisa |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gyrotoma excisa (I. Lea, 1843) | |
The excised slitshell, scientific name †Gyrotoma excisa, was a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.
References
- ↑ Bogan A. E. (2000). Gyrotoma excisa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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