Telescope hornsnail

Not to be confused with the telescope snail native to the Indo-Pacific

Telescope hornsnail
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Pleuroceridae
Genus:	Pleurocera
Species:	P. walkeri
Binomial name
Pleurocera walkeri Goodrich, 1928

The telescope hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera walkeri, is a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} This species is endemic to the Southeastern United States: it is known from Tennessee River system in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and from several streams in Alabama and Georgia. ^[2]

References

1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Pleurocera walkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T17705A7369309. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17705A7369309.en . Retrieved 16 June 2024.
2. "Pleurocera walkeri Telescope Hornsnail". NatureServe. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
3. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Pleurocera walkeri Goodrich, 1928". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 June 2024.