Pleurocera catenaria explained

Pleurocera catenaria is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae.

This species is endemic to southern Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia.

Subspecies

Subspecies of Pleurocera catenaria include:

• Pleurocera catenaria catenaria (Say, 1822)
• Pleurocera catenaria dislocata (Ravenel, 1834)^[1]

Synonyms

Synonyms of Pleurocera catenaria catenaria include:

• Elimia albanyensis, common name black-crest elimia, it was listed as vulnerable species in 1996^[2] and as least concern in 2011.^[2]
• Pleurocera boykiniana common name flaxen elimia
• Pleurocera caelatura
• Pleurocera christyi
• Pleurocera darwini
• Pleurocera interrupta,
• Pleurocera lecontiana
• Pleurocera mutabilis
• Pleurocera postelli, common name broken hornsnail
• Pleurocera suturalis
• Pleurocera viennaensis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pleurocera catenaria dislocata (Ravenel 1834) . FWGNA: Freshwater Gastropods of North America . 21 February 2013. Dillon, R.T.. Watson, B.T. Jr. Stewart, T.W. . Reeves, W.K. . and . 2006.
2. Cordeiro, J. . Perez, K. . 2011 . Elimia albanyensis . 2011 . e.T7581A12832932 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T7581A12832932.en . 15 November 2021.