Varicose rocksnail

Varicose rocksnail
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

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.

References

  1. Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2011). "Lithasia verrucosa". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T12133A3324814. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T12133A3324814.en. Retrieved 10 November 2017.


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