Biology:Pyramid slitshell

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Pyramid slitshell
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Gyrotoma
Species:
G. pyramidata
Binomial name
Gyrotoma pyramidata
(Shuttleworth, 1845)
Synonyms[3]
  • Lea, 1861 Brot, 1862
  • Gyrotoma pyramidatum Gyrotoma conica
  • Shuttleworth, 1845 Schizostoma spillmanii

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

Wikidata ☰ Q309072 entry