Geniculate river snail

Geniculate river snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Lithasia
Species: L. geniculata
Binomial name
Lithasia geniculata
Haldeman, 1840

The geniculate river snail or ornate rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia geniculata, 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. (2000). Lithasia geniculata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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