Jay's river snail

Jay's river snail
Critically Imperiled
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Lithasia
Species:
L. jayana
Binomial name
Lithasia jayana
(Lea, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Melania jayana Lea, 1841
  • Melania robulina Gould, 1851

Jay's river snail also known as the rugose rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia jayana, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae, the hornsnails. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. ↑ Cordeiro, J. (2011). "Lithasia jayana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011 e.T12130A3324223. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T12130A3324223.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ NatureServe. "Lithasia jayana". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Lithasia jayana (I. Lea, 1841)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 April 2026.