Broken hornsnail
Encyclopedia
The broken hornsnail is a species
of small freshwater snail
, an aquatic
gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae, the hornsnails.
This species is considered to be vulnerable or imperiled.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of small freshwater snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
, an aquatic
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is an animal, either vertebrate or invertebrate, which lives in water for most or all of its life. It may breathe air or extract its oxygen from that dissolved in water through specialised organs called gills, or directly through its skin. Natural environments and the animals that...
gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae, the hornsnails.
This species is considered to be vulnerable or imperiled.
External links
- http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?sourceTemplate=tabular_report.wmt&loadTemplate=species_RptComprehensive.wmt&selectedReport=RptComprehensive.wmt&summaryView=tabular_report.wmt&elKey=110567&paging=home&save=true&startIndex=1&nextStartIndex=1&reset=false&offPageSelectedElKey=112413&offPageSelectedElType=species&offPageYesNo=true&post_processes=&radiobutton=radiobutton&selectedIndexes=112413&selectedIndexes=120122&selectedIndexes=745704&selectedIndexes=110567&selectedIndexes=101484Pleurocera postelli] at NatureServeNatureServeNatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to provide the scientific basis for effective conservation action. NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs are the leading source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems in...
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