Biology:Leptoxis clipeata

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Leptoxis clipeata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Leptoxis
Species:
L. clipeata
Binomial name
Leptoxis clipeata
(H. H. Smith, 1922)

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.[3]

References

  1. โ†‘ Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Leptoxis clipeata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T11773A3304754.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11773/3304754. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. โ†‘ NatureServe. "Leptoxis clipeata" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.111207/. 
  3. โ†‘ Burch, (1982) Freshwater Snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of North America. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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