Leptoxis clipeata

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Leptoxis clipeata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Leptoxis
Species:
L. clipeata
Binomial name
Leptoxis clipeata
(H. H. Smith, 1922)

Leptoxis clipeata, the agate rocksnail, was a freshwater snail in the family Pleuroceridae. Like all Leptoxis , the species required free-flowing unpolluted water. It was[ when? ] endemic to parts of the Coosa River in Alabama, now impounded. [2]

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References

  1. Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Leptoxis clipeata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000: e.T11773A3304754. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T11773A3304754.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Burch, (1982) Freshwater Snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of North America. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio.