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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pleuroceridae |
Genus: | Leptoxis |
Species: | †L. showalterii
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Binomial name | |
†Leptoxis showalterii (I. Lea, 1860)
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This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.
References
edit- ^ 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.