Telescope hornsnail

Not to be confused with the telescope snail native to the Indo-Pacific

The telescope hornsnail, scientific name Pleurocera walkeri, is a species of freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae.^[1][2][3] 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.^[2]

Telescope hornsnail
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Pleuroceridae
Genus:	Pleurocera
Species:	P. walkeri
Binomial name
Pleurocera walkeri Goodrich, 1928