Biology:Armigerous river snail

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Armigerous river snail

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Lithasia
Species:
L. armigera
Binomial name
Lithasia armigera
(Say, 1821)
Synonyms[3]
  • Angitrema angulata Wetherby, 1876
  • (Say, 1821) Lea, 1862
  • Lea, 1838 Melania stygia
  • Melania armigera Say, 1829
  • Angitrema parva Say, 1821
  • Lea, 1831 Meseschiza grosvenorii
  • Melania nodata Lea, 1864
  • Angitrema armigera Wetherby, 1876
  • Reeve, 1861 Melania pallidula
  • Lithasia downiei Anthony, 1854
  • Melania tuberculata Melania spixiana

The armigerous river snail or armored rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia armigera, 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

Wikidata ☰ Q307526 entry