Striate slitshell

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Striate slitshell
Dried shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Gyrotoma
Species:
G. lewisii
Binomial name
Gyrotoma lewisii
(I. Lea, 1869)

The striate slitshell, scientific name Gyrotoma lewisii, was a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Gyrotoma lewisii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T9598A13004004. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9598A13004004.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.