Leptoxis

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Kingdom Animalia Family Pleuroceridae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus		Superfamily Cerithioidea Scientific name Leptoxis Higher classification Pleuroceridae

Lower classifications Oblong rocksnail, Leptoxis ampla, Plicate rocksnail, Leptoxis carinata, Painted rocksnail

Leptoxis is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae.

Species within this genus inhabit rocky fast-flowing parts of unpolluted and unimpounded mid-sized rivers in the American mid South and the southern Midwest. Species in the subgenus Mudalia inhabit rivers and creeks in the Atlantic drainage.

Species

Species within the genus Leptoxis include. Those that are extinct are marked with a dagger †.

Leptoxis ampla

Leptoxis carinata

Leptoxis dilatata

† agate rocksnail (Leptoxis clipeata)

oblong rocksnail (Leptoxis compacta)

interrupted rocksnail (Leptoxis foremanii)

† maiden rocksnail (Leptoxis formosa)

† rotund rocksnail (Leptoxis ligata)

† lyrate rocksnail (Leptoxis lirata)

black mudalia (Leptoxis melanoides)

knob mudalia (Leptoxis minor)

† bigmouth rocksnail (Leptoxis occultata)

spotted rocksnail (Leptoxis picta)

plicate rocksnail (Leptoxis plicata)

mainstream river snail (Leptoxis praerosa)

† Coosa rocksnail (Leptoxis showalterii)

painted rocksnail (Leptoxis taeniata)

† Leptoxis torrefacta

Leptoxis umbilicata

smooth rocksnail (Leptoxis virgata)

† striped rocksnail (Leptoxis vittata)

Synonyms:

Leptoxis anthonyix Anthony's river snail is a synonym for Athearnia anthonyi

Leptoxis crassa boulder snail is a synonym for Athearnia crassa

References

Leptoxis Wikipedia

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