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{{Taxobox
| name = Oblong rocksnail
| image = File:Leptoxis compacta lectotype - journal.pone.0042499.g002A.png
| status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
| unranked_superfamilia = clade [[Caenogastropoda]]<br/>
clade [[Sorbeoconcha]]
| superfamilia = [[Cerithioidea]]
| familia = [[Pleuroceridae]]
| genus = ''[[Leptoxis]]''
| species = '''''L. compacta'''''
| binomial = ''Leptoxis compacta''
| binomial_authority = ([[Anthony]], 1854)
| synonyms = }}

The '''oblong rocksnail''', [[scientific name]] '''''Leptoxis compacta''''', 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 [[United States]]. While thought to have became [[extinct]] due to [[habitat loss]] for decades, it was rediscovered in 2012<ref name= Whelan2012>{{cite doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0042499}}</ref>. 

==References==
{{reflist}}
* Bogan, A.E. 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/11774/all Leptoxis compacta]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

[[Category:Leptoxis]]
[[Category:Extinct gastropods]]


{{Pleuroceridae-stub}}

[[es:Leptoxis compacta]]
[[pt:Leptoxis compacta]]
[[sr:Leptoxis compacta]]
[[vi:Oblong rocksnail]]