Jay's river snail
Jay's river snail also known as the rugose rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia jayana, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae, the hornsnails. This species is endemic to the United States.
| Jay's river snail | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Lithasia |
| Species: | L. jayana |
| Binomial name | |
| Lithasia jayana I. Lea, 1841 | |
References
- Cordeiro, J. (2011). "Lithasia jayana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T12130A3324223. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T12130A3324223.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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