telescope hornsnail

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the telescope snail native to the Indo-Pacific}}

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bogan, A.E. |date=1996 |title=Pleurocera walkeri |volume=1996 |page=e.T17705A7369309 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17705A7369309.en |access-date=16 June 2024 }}

| status2 = G3

| status2_system = TNC

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| taxon = Pleurocera walkeri

| authority = Goodrich, 1928

| synonyms =

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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.

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{{cite web |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.108475/Pleurocera_walkeri |title=Pleurocera walkeri Telescope Hornsnail |date=5 January 2010 |publisher=NatureServe |access-date=16 June 2024}}

{{cite WoRMS |title=Pleurocera walkeri Goodrich, 1928 |year=2024 |id=1248819 |db=MolluscaBase |access-date=16 June 2024}}

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Category:Pleuroceridae

Category:Freshwater animals of North America

Category:Endemic molluscs of the United States

Category:Endemic fauna of the Southeastern United States

Category:Gastropods described in 1928

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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