Shortspire hornsnail

The shortspire hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera curta, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

Shortspire hornsnail
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Pleuroceridae
Genus:	Pleurocera
Species:	P. curta
Binomial name
Pleurocera curta Haldeman, 1841