Bigmouth rocksnail
The bigmouth rocksnail, scientific name †Leptoxis occultata, was a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to Alabama[2] in the United States. It is now extinct.
| Bigmouth rocksnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Leptoxis |
| Species: | †L. occultata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Leptoxis occultata (H. H. Smith, 1922) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anculopsa occulata | |
References
- Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Leptoxis occultata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T11781A3305352. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T11781A3305352.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- "Leptoxis occultata". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
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