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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