Spotted rocksnail
The spotted rocksnail, scientific name Leptoxis picta, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to Alabama[2] in the United States.
| Spotted rocksnail | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Pleuroceridae |
| Genus: | Leptoxis |
| Species: | L. picta |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptoxis picta (Conrad, 1834) | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Leptoxis taeniata | |
References
- Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Leptoxis picta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T11782A3305390. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11782A3305390.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- "Leptoxis picta". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- Whelan N.V.; P.D. Johnson; J.T. Garner; and E.E. Strong (2017). "On the identity of Leptoxis taeniata – a misapplied name for the threatened Painted Rocksnail (Cerithioidea, Pleuroceridae)". ZooKeys (697): 21–36. Bibcode:2017ZooK..697...21W. doi:10.3897/zookeys.697.14060. PMC 5673843. PMID 29134014.
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