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Spotted rocksnail
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)

Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Leptoxis
Species: L. picta
Binomial name
Leptoxis picta
(Conrad, 1834)
Synonyms

Leptoxis taeniata

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

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.
  2. ^ "Leptoxis picta". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  3. Whelan N.V.; P.D. Johnson; J.T. Garner; and E.E. Strong (2017). "On the identity of Leptoxis taeniata – a misapplied name for the threatened Painted Rocksnail (Cerithioidea, Pleuroceridae)". ZooKeys (697): 21–36. Bibcode:2017ZooK..697...21W. doi:10.3897/zookeys.697.14060. PMC 5673843. PMID 29134014.
Taxon identifiers
Leptoxis picta
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