The lyrate rocksnail, scientific nameLeptoxis lirata, was a species of freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae.

Lyrate rocksnail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Pleuroceridae
Genus: Leptoxis
Species:
L. lirata
Binomial name
Leptoxis lirata
(H. H. Smith, 1922)

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

References

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  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.