Upland hornsnail

Upland hornsnail
Imperiled
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. showalterii
Binomial name
Pleurocera showalterii
Lea, 1862
Synonyms[3]
  • Pleurocera showalteri (Lea, 1862)
  • Trypanostoma moriforme Lea, 1862
  • Trypanostoma moriformi Lea, 1862
  • Trypanostoma showalterii Lea, 1862

The upland hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera showalterii, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Alabama and Georgia in the United States.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Pleurocera showalteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T17704A7364647. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17704A7364647.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 NatureServe. "Pleurocerabshowalterii". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ↑ 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 showalterii (I. Lea, 1862)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 April 2026.