Biology:Maiden rocksnail
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Maiden rocksnail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pleuroceridae |
Genus: | Leptoxis |
Species: | L. formosa
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Binomial name | |
Leptoxis formosa (I. Lea, 1860)
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The maiden rocksnail, scientific name †Leptoxis formosa, was a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.
This species was endemic to the United States . It is now extinct.
References
- ↑ Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Leptoxis formosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T11776A3305014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T11776A3305014.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11776/3305014. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Lea, I. (1860). Descriptions of fourteen new species of Schizostomae, Anculosae and Lithasiae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 12: 186-188 [after 22 May 1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297333
Wikidata ☰ Q308666 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden rocksnail.
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