Pleurocera acuta

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Pleurocera acuta
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Apertural view of a shell of Pleurocera acuta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Pleurocera
Species:
P. acuta
Binomial name
Pleurocera acuta
Rafinesque, 1831

Pleurocera acuta, common name the sharp hornsnail, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae, the hornsnails.

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Shell description

The shell can have up to 14 whorls. The shell of this species can be as long as 37 mm. [1]

Distribution

Pleurocera acuta is native to the United States. It occurs in the Ohio River and Great Lakes drainages; the Mississippi River west to Kansas and Nebraska. [1]

This species is listed as threatened in some Midwestern states. [1]

The nonindigenous distribution of Pleurocera acuta includes the Lower Hudson River drainage and Oneida Lake in New York State. It was introduced there, probably via the Erie Canal. [1]

Ecology

This species is found in freshwater rivers and streams where it burrows in sand and mud. Eggs are laid in the spring. [1]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Benson A. (2008). Pleurocera acuta. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=2234> Revision Date: 4/22/2004.

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