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]
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

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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