Varicose rocksnail

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Varicose rocksnail
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Lithasia
Species:
L. verrucosa
Binomial name
Lithasia verrucosa
Rafinesque, 1820
Lithasia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.175303 - Lithasia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820) - Pleuroceridae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Lithasia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

The varicose rocksnail also known as the verrucose file snail, scientific name Lithasia verrucosa, 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. Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2011). "Lithasia verrucosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T12133A3324814. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T12133A3324814.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.