Ribbed slitshell

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Ribbed slitshell
Dried shells from the Coosa River, Alabama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Gyrotoma
Species:
G. pumila
Binomial name
Gyrotoma pumila
(I. Lea, 1860)

The ribbed slitshell,

mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae family. 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.[2]

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