Lyrate rocksnail
The lyrate rocksnail, scientific name †Leptoxis lirata, was a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.
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| Species: | †L. lirata |
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| †Leptoxis lirata (H. H. Smith, 1922) | |
This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.
References
- Bogan, A.E. 2000. Leptoxis lirata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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