Coosa rocksnail

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.

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)

This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.

References
  1. Bogan A. E. (2000) Leptoxis showalterii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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