Striped rocksnail

The striped rocksnail (Leptoxis vittata) 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.

Striped rocksnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
Leptoxis
Species:
L. vittata
Binomial name
Leptoxis vittata
(I. Lea, 1860)

References
  1. Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Leptoxis vittata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T11788A3305999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T11788A3305999.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.


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