Maiden rocksnail
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Species: | †L. formosa
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†Leptoxis formosa (I. Lea, 1860)
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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
- Bogan A. E. (2000) Leptoxis formosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.