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Mainstream river snail

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Genus
  
Leptoxis

Higher classification
  
Leptoxis

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Pleuroceridae

Scientific name
  
Leptoxis praerosa

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Leptoxis, Pleuroceridae, Gastropods, Molluscs, Plicate rocksnail

The mainstream river snail, also known as the onyx rocksnail, scientific name Leptoxis praerosa, 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

Mainstream river snail Wikipedia