Spotted rocksnail

The spotted rocksnail, scientific name Leptoxis picta, 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.

Spotted rocksnail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Pleuroceridae
Genus:
Leptoxis
Species:
L. picta
Binomial name
Leptoxis picta
Conrad, 1834

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.


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