Telescope hornsnail

Telescope hornsnail

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Pleurocera
Species:
P. walkeri
Binomial name
Pleurocera walkeri
Goodrich, 1928

The telescope hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera walkeri, is a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the Southeastern United States: it is known from Tennessee River system in Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and from several streams in Alabama and Georgia.