Smooth rocksnail
| Smooth rocksnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Leptoxis |
| Species: | L. virgata |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptoxis virgata I. Lea, 1841 | |
The smooth rocksnail, scientific name Leptoxis virgata, 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
- Bogan, A.E. 1996. Leptoxis virgata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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