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Lithasia

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
  5. FamilyPleuroceridae
Habitatfreshwater

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Specimen records
101
With media
2
Family
Pleuroceridae
Collections
NCSM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, YPM, ALMNH, FMNH
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Pleuroceridae
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taxon name
Lithasia
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Lithasia
Commons category
Lithasia
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Lithasia is a genus of medium-sized freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod molluscs 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)

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