Spotted rocksnail

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Spotted rocksnail
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Imperiled  (NatureServe) [2]
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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

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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.

References

  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. 1 2 "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.
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