Pleurocera [SEP] parent taxon
Pleurocera
Pleurocera is a genus of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae.
"Pleurocera" is the type genus of that family.
Distribution.
All members of the genus "Pleurocera" are native to eastern North America.
Description.
All of the species in this genus have thick-walled high-spired shells, and some attain a length of over 4 cm. The shape of the shell is elongate-conic or cylindrical. The sculpture of the shell
, 1822) - synonyms: "Pleurocera albanyensis" (I. Lea, 1864), "Pleurocera boykiniana" (I. Lea, 1840), "Pleurocera caelatura", "Pleurocera christyi", "Pleurocera darwini", "Pleurocera interrupta" (Haldeman, 1840), "Pleurocera lecontiana", "Pleurocera mutabilis", "Pleurocera postelli", "Pleurocera suturalis", "Pleurocera viennaensis"
- "Pleurocera catenaria dislocata" (Ravenel, 1834)
- "Pleurocera corpulenta" Anthony, 1854 - corpulent