Geniculate river snail

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The geniculate river snail or ornate rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia geniculata, is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

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Geniculate river snail
Shell specimen
Vulnerable
Vulnerable (NatureServe)[2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Lithasia
Species:
L. geniculata
Binomial name
Lithasia geniculata
(Haldeman, 1840)
Synonyms[3]
  • Anculosa (Lithasia) geniculata Haldeman, 1840
  • Anculosa geniculata Haldeman, 1840
  • Goniobasis umbonata Lea, 1864
  • Melania corneola Anthony, 1860
  • Melania venusta Lea, 1841
  • Melania vesicula Lea, 1861
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