Pyramid slitshell

Pyramid slitshell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Gyrotoma
Species: G. pyramidata
Binomial name
Gyrotoma pyramidata
(Shuttleworth, 1845)

The pyramid slitshell, scientific name Gyrotoma pyramidata, was a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod in the Pleuroceridae family. It was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.

References

  1. Bogan A. E. (2000). Gyrotoma pyramidata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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