Athearnia

Athearnia
Athearnia anthonyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	incertae sedis
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Pleuroceridae
Genus:	Athearnia J. P. E. Morrison, 1971
Type species
Anculosa anthonyi Redfield, 1854

Athearnia is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae.

Species

Species within the genus Athearnia include:

• Athearnia anthonyi (Redfield, 1854)
• Athearnia crassa (Haldeman, 1842), the boulder snail

References

External links

• Morrison, J.P.E. (1971). "Athearnia, new name for a genus of pleurocerid snails". The Nautilus. 84 (3). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
• Burch, J.B. (1989). "North American freshwater snails" (PDF). Walkerana. 2 (6): 11.
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