Maiden rocksnail
| Maiden rocksnail | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Leptoxis |
| Species: | †L. formosa |
| Binomial name | |
| †Leptoxis formosa (Lea, 1860) | |
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The maiden rocksnail, scientific name †Leptoxis formosa, was a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.
This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.
References
[edit]- ↑ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Leptoxis formosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000 e.T11776A3305014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T11776A3305014.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ NatureServe. "Leptoxis formosa". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Leptoxis formosa (I. Lea, 1860)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
- Lea, I. (1860). Descriptions of fourteen new species of Schizostomae, Anculosae and Lithasiae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 12: 186-188 [after 22 May 1860]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26297333
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