Pyramid slitshell

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

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

References

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