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Shortspire hornsnail

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Species of gastropod

Shortspire hornsnail
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Pleurocera
Species: P. curta
Binomial name
Pleurocera curta
Haldeman, 1841

The shortspire hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera curta, 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). "Pleurocera curta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17700A7348294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17700A7348294.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Pleurocera curta


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