Pagoda slitshell

The pagoda slitshell, scientific name †Gyrotoma pagoda, was a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.

Pagoda slitshell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
†Gyrotoma
Species:
†G. pagoda
Binomial name
†Gyrotoma pagoda
(I. Lea, 1845)

References
  1. Bogan A. E. (2000). Gyrotoma pagoda. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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