Jay's river snail

Jay's river snail also known as the rugose rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia jayana, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae, the hornsnails. This speciet is endemic to the United States.

Jay's river snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
Lithasia
Species:
L. jayana
Binomial name
Lithasia jayana
I. Lea, 1841

References
  1. Cordeiro, J. (2011). "Lithasia jayana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T12130A3324223. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T12130A3324223.en.


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