Pleurocera acuta
Pleurocera acuta, common name the sharp hornsnail, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae, the hornsnails.
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| Apertural view of a shell of Pleurocera acuta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Pleurocera |
| Species: | P. acuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1831 | |
Shell description
The shell can have up to 14 whorls. The shell of this species can be as long as 37 mm.[1]
Distribution
Pleurocera acuta is native to the United States. It occurs in the Ohio River and Great Lakes drainages; the Mississippi River west to Kansas and Nebraska.[1]
This species is listed as threatened in some Midwestern states.[1]
The nonindigenous distribution of Pleurocera acuta includes the Lower Hudson River drainage and Oneida Lake in New York State. It was introduced there, probably via the Erie Canal.[1]
Ecology
This species is found in freshwater rivers and streams where it burrows in sand and mud. Eggs are laid in the spring.[1]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference [1]
- Benson A. (2008). Pleurocera acuta. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=2234> Revision Date: 4/22/2004.
Further reading
- Dazo B. C. (1962). "The morphology and natural history of Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque and Goniobasis livescens (Menke) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)". Biological Station, University of Michigan (UMBS). http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/52120
- Katherine Hanke Houp. (January 1970) "Population Dynamics of Pleurocera acuta in a Central Kentucky Limestone Stream". American Midland Naturalist 83(1): 81-88.
- Strong E. E. (2005) "A morphological reanalysis of Pleurocera acuta Rafinesque, 1831, and Elimia livescens (Menke, 1830) (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae)". The Nautilus 119(4): 119-132. abstract, http://hdl.handle.net/10088/7388