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Varicose rocksnail

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Varicose rocksnail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Lithasia
Species:
L. verrucosa
Binomial name
Lithasia verrucosa
Lithasia verrucosa (Rafinesque, 1820)

The varicose rocksnail also known as the verrucose file snail, scientific name Lithasia verrucosa, 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

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  1. ^ Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2011). "Lithasia verrucosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T12133A3324814. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T12133A3324814.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.