The pyramid slitshell, scientific name Gyrotoma pyramidata, was a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod in the Pleuroceridae family. It was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.
Pyramid slitshell | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pleuroceridae |
Genus: | †Gyrotoma |
Species: | †G. pyramidata
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Binomial name | |
†Gyrotoma pyramidata (Shuttleworth, 1845)
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References
edit- ^ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Gyrotoma pyramidata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T9601A13004241. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9601A13004241.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.