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Leptoxis Compacta
''Leptoxis compacta'', the oblong rocksnail, is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum (gastropod), operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pleuroceridae. This species is Endemism, endemic to the Cahaba River in Alabama, United States. It was thought to be extinct due to habitat loss since it had not been collected since 1933, and was formally declared extinct in 2000. The IUCN Red List listed it as extinct in 2006 and in 2012. It was rediscovered in a small section of its previously described habitat in the Cahaba River in 2011, with a formal report published in August 2012.Lamb E. (8 August 2012)Rumors of the Oblong Rocksnail’s Demise Were Somewhat Exaggerated ''Scientific American'', accessed 11 August 2012. Molecular phylogenetics, Molecular systematic analyses are underway to clarify the genetic position of ''Leptoxis compacta''. Distribution ''Leptoxis compacta'' is restricted to a single location in the Cahaba River, where it was rediscovered in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gould Anthony
John Gould Anthony (17 May 1804, in Providence, Rhode Island – 16 October 1877, in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American naturalist who became an expert on malacology, the study of mollusks. Anthony was in charge of the conchology (now malacology) department of Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology for over a decade. Biography His school education was slight, and was entirely discontinued when he became 12 years of age. Business pursuits then occupied his attention. He probably first became a clerk for a mercantile concern. Throughout his life, his handwriting was in the classic clerk's or copperplate style. In 1832, he married Anna Whiting Rhodes of Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ..., and in 1835 the family moved to Cincinnati, where fossil m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
