Knobby rocksnail

The knobby rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia curta, is a species of medium-sized freshwater snail, an aquatic gilled gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

Knobby rocksnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
Lithasia
Species:
L. curta
Binomial name
Lithasia curta
(I. Lea, 1868)

References
  1. Bogan A. E. (2000). Lithasia curta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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