Fringed valvata
Drawing: a lateral view of a shell of Valvata lewisi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:
Valvatoidea
Family:
Valvatidae
Genus:
Valvata
Species:
V. lewisi
Binomial name
Valvata lewisi
Currier, 1868

Valvata lewisi, common name the fringed valvata, is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Valvatidae, the valve snails.

Distribution

This species lives in North America.

References

  1. ↑ Cordeiro, J.; Ormes, M. (2017). "Valvata lewisi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T69631392A69633243. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T69631392A69633243.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.


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