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[when?] 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 | |
Anculopsa occulata |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Leptoxis occultata". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 27 October 2023.