// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy did the pyramid slitshell go to therapy? It was feeling a little shell-shocked.
Appearance
| Pyramid slitshell | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | †Gyrotoma |
| Species: | †G. pyramidata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gyrotoma pyramidata (Shuttleworth, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
The pyramid slitshell, scientific name Gyrotoma pyramidata, was a species of freshwater snail, a gastropod in the Pleuroceridae family. It was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.
References
[edit]- ↑ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Gyrotoma pyramidata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000 e.T9601A13004241. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9601A13004241.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ NatureServe. "Gyrotoma pyramidata". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ 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 pyramidata Shuttleworth, 1845". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 31 March 2026.