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Ribbed slitshell

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Genus
  
Gyrotoma

Higher classification
  
Gyrotoma

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Pleuroceridae

Scientific name
  
Gyrotoma pumila

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Gastropods, Molluscs, Leptoxis, Elimia

The ribbed slitshell, scientific name Gyrotoma pumila, was a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae family. This species was endemic to the United States.

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Ribbed slitshell Wikipedia