Varicose rocksnail

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.

Varicose rocksnail

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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L. verrucosa
Binomial name
Lithasia verrucosa
Rafinesque, 1820

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.


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