Pleurocera canaliculata

Pleurocera canaliculata
	Pleurocera canaliculata shells
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	incertae sedis
Family:	Pleuroceridae
Genus:	Pleurocera
Species:	P. canaliculata
Binomial name
	Pleurocera canaliculata; (Say, 1821)
Synonyms
	List Cerithidea (Ceriphasia) sulcata Swainson, 1840 ; Gyrotoma curvata (Lea, 1843) ; Io modesta Lea, 1862 ; Io robusta Lea, 1862 ; Io spillmanii Lea, 1862 ; Melania altipeta Anthony, 1854 ; Melania arata Lea, 1843 ; Melania auriscalpium Menke, 1828 ; Melania canaliculata Say, 1821 ; Melania conica Say, 1821 ; Melania curvata Lea, 1843 ; Melania elevata Say, 1821 ; Melania elongata Lea, 1831 ; Melania exarata Menke, 1828 ; Melania exarata Lea, 1841 ; Melania excurata Conrad, 1834 ; Melania excurtata Hannibal, 1912 ; Melania excurvata Wheatley, 1845 ; Melania eximia Anthony, 1854 ; Melania fastigiata Anthony, 1854 ; Melania filum Lea, 1845 ; Melania incrassata Anthony, 1854 ; Melania infrafasciata Anthony, 1860 ; Melania iostoma Anthony, 1860 ; Melania ligata Menke, 1828 ; Melania lugubris Lea, 1845 ; Melania nigrostoma Reeve, 1861 ; Melania ordiana Lea, 1843 ; Melania ponderosa Anthony, 1860 ; Melania rorata Reeve, 1860 ; Melania sayi Deshayes, 1832 ; Melania spurca Lea, 1845 ; Melania undulata Say, 1829 ; Melania valida Anthony, 1860 ; Pleurocera affine (Lea, 1864) ; Pleurocera alabamense (Lea, 1862) ; Pleurocera altipetum (Anthony, 1854) ; Pleurocera canaliculata alabamensis (Lea, 1862) ; Pleurocera canaliculata excurata (Conrad, 1834) ; Pleurocera canaliculata filum (Lea, 1845) ; Pleurocera canaliculata undulata (Say, 1829) ; Pleurocera parkerii Tryon, 1873 ; Pleurocera quadrosa Rafinesque, 1831 ; Strombus sayi Wood, 1828 ; Trypanostoma affine Lea, 1864 ; Trypanostoma alabamense Lea, 1862 ; Trypanostoma christyi Lea, 1862 ; Trypanostoma cinctum Lea, 1864 ; Trypanostoma corneum Lea, 1864 ; Trypanostoma curtatum Lea, 1863 ; Trypanostoma florencense Lea, 1862 ; Trypanostoma florense Goodrich, 1940 ; Trypanostoma ligatum Lea, 1862 ; Trypanostoma minor Lea, 1862 ; Trypanostoma moniliferum Lea, 1862 ; Trypanostoma pybasii Lea, 1862 ; Trypanostoma rostellatum Lea, 1862 ; Trypanostoma simplex Lea, 1862 ; Trypanostoma subrobustum Lea, 1864 ; Trypanostoma thorntonii Lea, 1862 ; Trypanostoma thortonii Lea, 1862 ; Trypanostoma tuomeyi Lea, 1862 ; Trypanostoma viride Lea, 1862;

Pleurocera canaliculata is a species of a freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae, the hornsnails.

Ecology

Parasites of Pleurocera canaliculata include trematodes Cotylaspis cokeri and Cotylogaster occidentalis.^[3]

References

↑ NatureServe. "Pleurocera canaliculata". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2026.
↑ Alevs, Philippe V.; Vieira, Fabiano M.; Santos, Cláudia P.; Scholz, Tomáš; Luque, José L. (2015-02-12). "A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World". Zootaxa. 3918 (3): 339–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25781098. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2017-11-20.

External links

http://www.fwgna.org/species/pleuroceridae/p_canaliculata.html

[NS-1] NatureServe. "Pleurocera canaliculata". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 30 March 2026.

[WoRMS-2] Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2026.

[3] Alevs, Philippe V.; Vieira, Fabiano M.; Santos, Cláudia P.; Scholz, Tomáš; Luque, José L. (2015-02-12). "A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World". Zootaxa. 3918 (3): 339–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25781098. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2017-11-20.

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