Lirate Rocksnail (Leptoxis lirata)
This species was described in 1922.
The Lirate Rocksnail or Lyrate Rocksnail was restricted to the middle reaches of the Coosa River in Alabama, USA.
The species disappeared after the impoundment of the river by the building of dams and is now extinct.
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edited: 04.11.2017
Dead as the Dodo – Holocene Extinctions
… about 5858 taxa have disappeared since the beginning of the Anthropocene era (since about 10000 BCE)
