Biology:Ribbed slitshell

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Ribbed slitshell
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.175381 - Gyrotoma pumila (Lea, 1860) - Pleuroceridae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Dried shells from the Coosa River, Alabama
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Gyrotoma
Species:
G. pumila
Binomial name
Gyrotoma pumila
(I. Lea, 1860)

The ribbed slitshell, scientific name Gyrotoma pumila, was a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae family. This species was endemic to the United States . The IUCN conducted an assessment in 2000 that determined the ribbed slitshell was extinct. This status was published in the 2000 Red List.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q308979 entry