Boulder snail

Boulder snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Athearnia
Species: A. crassa
Binomial name
Athearnia crassa
(Haldeman, 1841)
Synonyms

Leptoxis crassa

The boulder snail (†Athearnia crassa) was a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae. It was native to the United States, where it was known from Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia. It is now extinct.[1]

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Athearnia crassa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. Downloaded on 26 August 2014


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