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Lyrate rocksnail

The lyrate rocksnail, scientific name †Leptoxis lirata, 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 lirata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T11778A3305175. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T11778A3305175.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.