Ribbed slitshell

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.

Ribbed slitshell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
Gyrotoma
Species:
G. pumila
Binomial name
Gyrotoma pumila
(I. Lea, 1860)

References
  1. Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Gyrotoma pumila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T9600A13004162. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9600A13004162.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.


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