Striate slitshell

Striate slitshell
Dried shells
Extinct
Presumed Extinct (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: †Gyrotoma
Species:
†G. lewisii
Binomial name
†Gyrotoma lewisii
(Lea, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Schizostoma lewisii Lea, 1869

The striate slitshell, scientific name Gyrotoma lewisii, 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. It is now extinct.

References

  1. ↑ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Gyrotoma lewisii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000 e.T9598A13004004. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9598A13004004.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ NatureServe. "Gyrotoma lewisii". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 27 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.). "Gyrotoma lewisii (I. Lea, 1869)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 31 March 2026.