Skirted hornsnail

Skirted 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. pyrenella
Binomial name
Pleurocera pyrenella
(Conrad, 1834)
Synonyms[3]
  • Melania planogyra Anthony, 1854
  • Melania pyrenella Conrad, 1834
  • Melania spinalis Lea, 1845
  • Pleurocera conradi Tryon, 1865

The skirted hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera pyrenella, 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. (2011). "Pleurocera pyrenella". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011 e.T17703A7360948. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T17703A7360948.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. โ†‘ NatureServe. "Pleurocera pyrenella". 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 pyrenella (Conrad, 1834)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2026.