Biology:Striate slitshell

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Striate slitshell
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.175259 - Gyrotoma lewisii (Lea, 1869) - Pleuroceridae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Dried shells
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Gyrotoma
Species:
G. lewisii
Binomial name
Gyrotoma lewisii
(I. Lea, 1869)

The striate slitshell, scientific name Gyrotoma lewisii, was a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to the United States . It is now extinct.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q308938 entry