Spiny river snail

Spiny river snail
A live individual of Io fluvialis
A live individual of Io fluvialis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Io
Lea, 1831
Species:
I. fluvialis
Binomial name
Io fluvialis
(Say, 1825)

The spiny river snail, scientific name Io fluvialis, is a freshwater snail species, an aquatic mollusk in the Pleuroceridae family. This is the only species in the genus Io. This species is endemic to the USA.