Coosa rocksnail
| Coosa rocksnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | 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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