Coosa rocksnail

Coosa rocksnail
Extinct
Presumed Extinct (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Leptoxis
Species:
†L. showalterii
Binomial name
†Leptoxis showalterii
(Lea, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Anculosa showalterii Lea, 1860
  • Anculotus sulcosus Reeve, 1861

The Coosa rocksnail, scientific name †Leptoxis showalterii, also known as the "ribbed rocksnail", was a species of freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the family Pleuroceridae.

This species was endemic to the United States. It is now extinct.

References

  1. ↑ Bogan, A.E.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Leptoxis showalterii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000 e.T11784A3305770. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T11784A3305770.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ NatureServe. "Leptoxis showalterii". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Leptoxis showalterii (I. Lea, 1860)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 April 2026.