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Species of gastropod

Bigmouth rocksnail
Conservation status

Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)

Presumed Extinct  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Leptoxis
Species: L. occultata
Binomial name
Leptoxis occultata
(H. H. Smith, 1922)
Synonyms

Anculopsa occulata

The bigmouth rocksnail, scientific name Leptoxis occultata, was a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Pleuroceridae. This species was endemic to Alabama in the United States. It is now extinct.

References

  1. Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Leptoxis occultata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T11781A3305352. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T11781A3305352.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Leptoxis occultata". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Leptoxis occultata
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