The excised slitshell, scientific nameGyrotoma excisa, was a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.

Excised slitshell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Gyrotoma
Species:
G. excisa
Binomial name
Gyrotoma excisa
(I. Lea, 1843)

References

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  1. ^ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Gyrotoma excisa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T9597A13003925. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9597A13003925.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.