Smooth rocksnail
Appearance
Smooth rocksnail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Pleuroceridae |
Genus: | Leptoxis |
Species: | L. virgata
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Binomial name | |
Leptoxis virgata I. Lea, 1841
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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.
References
[edit]- ^ Bogan, A.E. (1996). "Leptoxis virgata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T11787A3305908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T11787A3305908.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.