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| Athearnia | |
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| 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.[1]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Athearnia include:
- Athearnia anthonyi (Redfield, 1854)
- Athearnia crassa (Haldeman, 1842), the boulder snail
References
[edit]- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Athearnia J. P. E. Morrison, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1057387 on 2025-12-23
External links
[edit]- 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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