Elk River file snail

The Elk River file snail also known as the warty rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia lima, 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.

Elk River file snail

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
Lithasia
Species:
L. lima
Binomial name
Lithasia lima
Conrad, 1834

References
  1. Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2011). "Lithasia lima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T12131A3324457. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T12131A3324457.en.


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