Ribbed slitshell
| Ribbed slitshell | |
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| Dried shells from the Coosa River, Alabama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 family. 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]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ribbed Slitshell". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
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