Round slitshell

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Round slitshell
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Gyrotoma
Species:
G. walkeri
Binomial name
Gyrotoma walkeri
(H. H. Smith, 1924)

The round slitshell, scientific name Gyrotoma walkeri, is an extinct species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to the United States.

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References

  1. Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Gyrotoma walkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000: e.T9602A13004320. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9602A13004320.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.