Corpulent hornsnail

Corpulent hornsnail
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Pleurocera
Species:
P. corpulenta
Binomial name
Pleurocera corpulenta
(Anthony, 1854)
Synonyms[3]
  • Melania corpulenta Anthony, 1854

The corpulent hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera corpulenta, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. โ†‘ Cordeiro, J.; Perez, K. (2012). "Pleurocera corpulenta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012 e.T17699A1459743. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T17699A1459743.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. โ†‘ NatureServe. "Pleurocera corpulenta". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  3. โ†‘ 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 corpulenta (J. G. Anthony, 1854)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2026.