Biology:Mainstream river snail

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Mainstream river snail

Secure (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Leptoxis
Species:
L. praerosa
Binomial name
Leptoxis praerosa
(Say, 1821)
Synonyms[3]
  • Melania cincinnatiensis (Lea, 1838)
  • Say, 1821 Anculosa gibbosa
  • Lea, 1841 Anculosa harpethensis
  • Pilsbry, 1896 Anculosa littorina
  • Haldeman, 1840 (Say, 1821)
  • (Say, 1825) Goodrich, 1940
  • Lea, 1845 Conrad, 1834
  • Haldeman, 1848 Lea, 1838
  • Lea, 1841 Deshayes, 1832
  • Melania ovularis Anculosa tryoni
  • Anculotus praemorsa Melania angulosa
  • Melania cruentata Menke, 1828
  • Anculosa praerosa Anculosa subglobosa
  • Anculosa tintinabulum Anculosa tintinnabulum
  • Lewis, 1871 Woodward, 1856
  • Menke, 1828 Menke, 1828
  • Lea, 1841 Melania praerosa
  • Melanopsis neritiformis Melania pilula
  • Anculosa cincinnatiensis Anculotus angulatus
  • Leptoxis retusa Melania globula

The mainstream river snail, also known as the onyx rocksnail, scientific name Leptoxis praerosa, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

References

  1. ↑ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Leptoxis praerosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11769A3304448.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11769/3304448. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ NatureServe. "Leptoxis praerosa" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.111775/. 
  3. ↑ "Leptoxis praerosa (Say, 1821)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039656. 

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