Smooth rocksnail

The smooth rocksnail, scientific name Leptoxis virgata, is a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is endemic to the United States.

Smooth rocksnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
Leptoxis
Species:
L. virgata
Binomial name
Leptoxis virgata
I. Lea, 1841

References
    • Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Leptoxis virgata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T11787A3305908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11787A3305908.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.


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