Biology:Coosa rocksnail

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Coosa rocksnail
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Leptoxis
Species:
L. showalterii
Binomial name
Leptoxis showalterii
(Lea, 1860)
Synonyms[3]
  • Anculosa showalterii Lea, 1860
  • Reeve, 1861 Anculotus sulcosus

The Coosa rocksnail, scientific name †Leptoxis showalterii, also known as the "ribbed rocksnail", was a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae.

This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3177246 entry