Pleuroceridae

Taxobox
name = Pleuroceridae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
superfamilia = Cerithioidea
familia = Pleuroceridae
familia_authority = Fischer, 1885
subdivision_ranks=Genera
subdivision="Anculosa"
"Elimia"
"Goniobasis"
"Gyrotoma"
"Io"
"Juga"
"Leptoxis"
"Lithasia"
"Pleurocera"
"Koreanomelania"

Pleuroceridae is a family of small to medium-sized freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks.

Distribution

This family is widespread in North America.

Taxonomy

The new taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) recognizes two subfamilies :
*Pleurocerinae P. Fischer, 1885
*Semisulcospirinae Morrison, 1952

References

* [http://members.aol.com/Mkohl2/NAPleuroceridae.html]