Maiden rocksnail

Maiden 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. formosa
Binomial name
†Leptoxis formosa
(Lea, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Anculosa formosa Lea, 1860

The maiden rocksnail, scientific name †Leptoxis formosa, was a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk 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 formosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000 e.T11776A3305014. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T11776A3305014.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ↑ NatureServe. "Leptoxis formosa". 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 formosa (I. Lea, 1860)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 April 2026.