Varicose rocksnail
Varicose rocksnail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Pleuroceridae |
Genus: | Lithasia |
Species: | L. verrucosa |
Binomial name | |
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
- ↑ Bogan A. E. (1996). Lithasia verrucosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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