Armigerous river snail

Armigerous river snail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Lithasia
Species: L. armigera
Binomial name
Lithasia armigera
Say, 1821

The armigerous river snail or armored rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia armigera, 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.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E. 1996. Lithasia armigera. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.