Spotted rocksnail

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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

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Leptoxis taeniata

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Leptoxis picta". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  3. ^ 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.