Striate slitshell
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.
Striate slitshell | |
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Dried shells | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pleuroceridae |
Genus: | †Gyrotoma |
Species: | †G. lewisii |
Binomial name | |
†Gyrotoma lewisii (I. Lea, 1869) | |
References
- Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Gyrotoma lewisii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T9598A13004004. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9598A13004004.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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