Smooth rocksnail

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Smooth rocksnail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Leptoxis
Species:
L. virgata
Binomial name
Leptoxis virgata
I. Lea, 1841

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

  1. 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.