Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821) is a animal in the Pleuroceridae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821)

Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821)

Pleurocera canaliculata is a gilled freshwater gastropod mollusk in the Pleuroceridae family that hosts two trematode parasites.

Family
Genus
Pleurocera
Order
Class
Gastropoda

About Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821)

Pleurocera canaliculata (Say, 1821) is a species of freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Pleuroceridae, commonly known as hornsnails. Two species of trematode parasites that infect Pleurocera canaliculata are Cotylaspis cokeri and Cotylogaster occidentalis.

Photo: (c) Starr Weems de Graffenried, all rights reserved, uploaded by Starr Weems de Graffenried

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Pleuroceridae Pleurocera

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