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Striate slitshell

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Genus
  
Gyrotoma

Higher classification
  
Gyrotoma

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Pleuroceridae

Scientific name
  
Gyrotoma lewisii

Rank
  
Species

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The striate slitshell, scientific name Gyrotoma lewisii, was a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.

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Striate slitshell Wikipedia