Spiral hornsnail

The spiral hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera brumbyi, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

Spiral hornsnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
Pleurocera
Species:
P. brumbyi
Binomial name
Pleurocera brumbyi
I. Lea, 1852

References
  1. Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Pleurocera brumbyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17698A7343980. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17698A7343980.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.


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