Coosa rocksnail

The Coosa rocksnail, scientific name †Leptoxis showalterii, also known as the "ribbed rocksnail", was a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae.

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

This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.

References
  1. Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Leptoxis showalterii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T11784A3305770. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T11784A3305770.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.


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