Leptoxis

<i>Leptoxis</i>

Leptoxis

Genus of gastropods

Leptoxis is a genus of freshwater snails with a gill and an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Pleuroceridae.

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Species within this genus inhabit rocky fast-flowing parts of unpolluted and unimpounded mid-sized rivers in the American mid South and the southern Midwest. Species in the subgenus Mudalia inhabit rivers and creeks in the Atlantic drainage.

Species

Species within the genus Leptoxis include:[2] Those that are extinct are marked with a dagger †.


Synonyms
  • Leptoxis anthonyix is a synonym for Athearnia anthonyi (Anthony's river snail)
  • †Leptoxis crassa is a synonym for †Athearnia crassa (boulder snail)
  • †Leptoxis pisum is a synonym for †Athearnia crassa
  • Leptoxis rapaeformis is a synonym of Leptoxis dilatata
  • Leptoxis melanoides is a synonym of Elimia melanoides (Black mudalia)

References

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  1. [1]
    (in French) Rafinesque C. S. (1819). "Prodrome de 70 nouveaux Genres d'Animaux découverts dans l'intérieur des États-Unis d'Amérique, durant l'année 1818". Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle 88: 417-429. Leptoxis is on page 424.
  2. [2]
    MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leptoxis Rafinesque, 1819. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039655 on 2023-10-27
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