Biology:Leptoxis clipeata
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Short description: Extinct species of mollusc
| Leptoxis clipeata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Leptoxis |
| Species: | L. clipeata
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptoxis clipeata (H. H. Smith, 1922)
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Leptoxis clipeata, the agate rocksnail, was a freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae. Like all Leptoxis, the species required free-flowing unpolluted water. It was[when?] endemic to parts of the Coosa River in Alabama, now impounded.[2]
References
- ↑ Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Leptoxis clipeata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T11773A3304754. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T11773A3304754.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11773/3304754. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Burch, (1982) Freshwater Snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of North America. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Wikidata ☰ Q308826 entry

