Elk River file snail
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The Elk River file snail also known as the warty rocksnail, scientific name Lithasia lima, is a species of freshwater snail
with an operculum
, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae
. This species is endemic to the United States
.
Freshwater snail
A freshwater snail is one kind of freshwater mollusc, the other kind being freshwater clams and mussels, i.e. freshwater bivalves. Specifically a freshwater snail is a gastropod that lives in a watery non-marine habitat. The majority of freshwater gastropods have a shell, with very few exceptions....
with an operculum
Operculum (gastropod)
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails...
, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae
Pleuroceridae
Pleuroceridae, common name pleurocerids, is a family of small to medium-sized freshwater snails, aquatic gilled gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cerithioidea.These snails have an operculum and typically a robust high-spired shell....
. This species is endemic to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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