Skirted hornsnail

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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Skirted hornsnail
Imperiled
Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Pleurocera
Species:
P. pyrenella
Binomial name
Pleurocera pyrenella
(Conrad, 1834)
Synonyms[3]
  • Melania planogyra Anthony, 1854
  • Melania pyrenella Conrad, 1834
  • Melania spinalis Lea, 1845
  • Pleurocera conradi Tryon, 1865
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