Excised slitshell

Short description: Species of gastropod

Excised slitshell

Conservation status

Extinct (IUCN 2.3)[1]

Presumed Extinct (NatureServe)[2]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Family:  | Pleuroceridae
Genus:  | †Gyrotoma
Species:  |

†G. excisa

Binomial name
†Gyrotoma excisa

(Lea, 1843)

Synonyms[3]

* Melatoma ellipticum Lea, 1843
* Anthony, 1860 Reeve, 1861
* Melatoma nucula Reeve, 1861
* Melatoma quadratum Gyrotoma demissa
* Reeve, 1860 Melatoma rectum
* Reeve, 1860 Melatoma sphaericum
* Anthony, 1860 Reeve, 1861
* Schizochilus showalterii Lea, 1860
* Schizostoma alabamensis Gyrotoma excisum
* Lea, 1860 Schizostoma buddii
* Lea, 1845 Gyrotoma ampla
* (Lea, 1843) Lea, 1860
* Schizostoma constrictum Lea, 1845
* Schizostoma curtum Gyrotoma ovalis
* Gould, 1844 Schizostoma funiculatum
* Lea, 1845 Schizostoma glandula
* Anthony, 1860 Lea, 1860
* Schizostoma glans Lea, 1860
* Schizostoma hartmanii Gyrotoma ovoidea
* Lea, 1860 Schizostoma laciniatum
* Lea, 1845 Anculosa incisa
* Anthony, 1860 Shuttleworth, 1845
* Tryon, 1873 Schizostoma showalterii
* Lea, 1864 Gyrotoma quadrata
* Lea, 1860 Schizostoma wheatleyi
* Lea, 1868 Anthony, 1860
* Gyrotoma recta Gyrotoma bulbosa
* Anthony, 1860 Gyrotoma robusta
* Anthony, 1860 Gyrotoma salebrosa
* Anthony, 1860 Anthony, 1860
* Melania (Schizostoma) excisa Lea, 1843
* Melania excisa Gyrotoma carinifera
* Lea, 1843 Melatoma alabamense
* Schizostoma virens (Lea, 1860)
* Schizostoma showalteriana Schizostoma castanea

The excised slitshell, scientific name †Gyrotoma 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.

## References

1. ↑ Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Gyrotoma excisa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T9597A13003925.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9597/13003925. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. ↑ NatureServe. "Gyrotoma excisa" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.121213/.
3. ↑ "Gyrotoma excisa (I. Lea, 1843)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1117078.

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