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Lithasia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Pleuroceridae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Scientific name
  
Lithasia

Higher classification
  
Pleuroceridae

Lower classifications
  
Armigerous river snail, Varicose rocksnail

Lithasia is a genus of medium-sized freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae. This genus is endemic to rivers in the mid-southern United States.

Species

Species within the genus Lithasia include:

  • armigerous river snail (Lithasia armigera)
  • knobby rocksnail (Lithasia curta)
  • Dutton's river snail (Lithasia duttoniana)
  • geniculate river snail (Lithasia geniculata)
  • Jay's river snail (Lithasia jayana)
  • Elk River file snail (Lithasia lima)
  • muddy rocksnail (Lithasia salebrosa)
  • varicose rocksnail (Lithasia verrucosa)

    • References

    Lithasia Wikipedia
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