- Coosa rocksnail
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Coosa rocksnail Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade SorbeoconchaSuperfamily: Cerithioidea Family: Pleuroceridae Genus: Leptoxis Species: †L. showalterii Binomial name †Leptoxis showalterii
(I. Lea, 1860)The Coosa rocksnail, scientific name †Leptoxis showalterii, also known as the "ribbed rocksnail", was a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae.
This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.
References
- ^ Bogan A. E. (2000) Leptoxis showalterii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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