Telescope hornsnail

The telescope hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera walkeri, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the USA.

Not to be confused with the telescope snail native to the Indo-Pacific

Telescope hornsnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
Pleurocera
Species:
P. walkeri
Binomial name
Pleurocera walkeri
Goodrich, 1928

References
  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Pleurocera walkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17705A7369309. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17705A7369309.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.


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