Upland hornsnail

Upland hornsnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Pleurocera
Species: P. showalteri
Binomial name
Pleurocera showalteri
I. Lea, 1862

The upland hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera showalteri, 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. ↑ Bogan A. E. (1996). Pleurocera showalteri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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