Ribbed slitshell
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| Ribbed slitshell | |
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| File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.175381 - Gyrotoma pumila (Lea, 1860) - Pleuroceridae - Mollusc shell.jpeg | |
| Dried shells from the Coosa River, Alabama | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | †Gyrotoma |
| Species: | †G. pumila
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| Binomial name | |
| †Gyrotoma pumila (I. Lea, 1860)
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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. This species was endemic to the United States. The IUCN conducted an assessment in 2000 that determined the ribbed slitshell was extinct. This status was published in the 2000 Red List.[2]
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