{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Lithococcus | authority = Pilsbry, 1911 | type_species = ''Lithoglyphus multicarinatus'' | type_species_authority = Miller, 1878 }}

'''''Lithococcus''''' is a genus of very small freshwater snails, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Cochliopidae.<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P. (2015). Lithococcus Pilsbry, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723409 on 2015-02-20</ref>

==Characteristics== (Original description) The shell is globose and thick, with four to five convex whorls. Its sculpture consists of strongly developed spiral ribs, with the upper ribs being spinose (spiny).

The operculum is corneous and subcircular, composed of three or four whorls with the nucleus located near the center.

The dentition is amnicoloid (characteristic of the family Amnicolidae). The central tooth has five to seven denticles on its cusp and three basal denticles on each side. The inner lateral tooth has 13-14 denticles, and the next lateral tooth has about 16 denticles.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pilsbry |first1=H.A. |title=Non-marine Mollusca of Patagonia. In: Scott, W.B. (Ed.) Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899. Volume III, 2. Zoology. Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. |date=1911 |publisher=Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung |location=Stuttgart |page=602 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23493634 |access-date=11 September 2025}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

==Distribution== The species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, Costa Rica and Ecuador.

==Species== Species within the genus ''Lithococcus'' include: *''Lithococcus aletes'' <small>Thompson & Hershler, 1991</small> * † ''Lithococcus amazonicus'' <small>Wesselingh, 2006</small> * † ''Lithococcus carinatus'' <small>Wesselingh, 2006</small> *''Lithococcus multicarinatus'' <small>(Miller, 1878)</small> * ''Lithococcus venustus'' <small>Pilsbry, 1950</small>

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Category:Cochliopidae Category:Taxa named by Henry Augustus Pilsbry