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    Leptoxis clipeata

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Extinct species of mollusc

    Leptoxis clipeata
    Scientific classification edit
    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 endemic to parts of the Coosa River in Alabama, now impounded.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ Bogan, A.E. (2000). "Leptoxis clipeata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T11773A3304754. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T11773A3304754.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11773/3304754. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
    2. ↑ Burch, (1982) Freshwater Snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of North America. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio.

    See also Wikidata entry Q308826.




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