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| Ribbed slitshell | |
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| Dried shells from the Coosa River, Alabama | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | †Gyrotoma |
| Species: | †G. pumila |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gyrotoma pumila (Lea, 1860) | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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The ribbed slitshell, scientific name Gyrotoma pumila, 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. The IUCN conducted an assessment in 2000 that determined the ribbed slitshell was extinct. This status was published in the 2000 Red List.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Gyrotoma pumila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000 e.T9600A13004162. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9600A13004162.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ NatureServe. "Gyrotoma pumila". 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 pumila (I. Lea, 1860)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
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