Biology:Spotted rocksnail
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Spotted rocksnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Leptoxis |
| Species: | L. picta
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptoxis picta (Conrad, 1834)
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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Leptoxis taeniata | |

The spotted rocksnail, scientific name Leptoxis picta, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Alabama[2] in the United States.
References
- ↑ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Leptoxis picta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11782A3305390.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11782/3305390. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Leptoxis picta". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1266478/Leptoxis_picta.
- ↑ Whelan N.V.; P.D. Johnson; J.T. Garner; E.E. Strong (2017). "On the identity of Leptoxis taeniata – a misapplied name for the threatened Painted Rocksnail (Cerithioidea, Pleuroceridae)". ZooKeys (697): 21–36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.697.14060. PMID 29134014. PMC 5673843. Bibcode: 2017ZooK..697...21W. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=14060.
Wikidata ☰ Q309225 entry
