Rugged hornsnail

Rugged hornsnail
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Pleuroceridae
Genus:	Pleurocera
Species:	P. alveare
Binomial name
Pleurocera alveare Conrad, 1834

The rugged hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera alveare, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Pleurocera alveare". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T17696A7339629. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17696A7339629.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.