Geniculate river snail

Geniculate river snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Lithasia
Species: L. geniculata
Binomial name
Lithasia geniculata
Haldeman, 1840

The geniculate river snail or ornate rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia geniculata, is a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. ↑ Bogan A. E. (2000). Lithasia geniculata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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