Leptoxis compacta

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/leptoxis-compacta

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1. Who discovered Leptoxis compacta?2011
2. What is the scientific name?Leptoxis compacta
3. What is the habitat?Endemic to the Cahaba River in Alabama, United States
4. Why was Leptoxis compacta thought to be extinct?Scientists had not seen or collected the snail since 1933, and after almost 80 years without any evidence, it was declared extinct in 2000.
5. How was Leptoxis compacta found again?In 2011 researchers searched the Cahaba River and discovered a small group of the snails in a part of the river where they had lived before. The discovery was published in 2012.

Endemic species: A species that is native and restricted to a particular geographic area.
Phylogenetic position: An organism's evolutionary relationship to other organisms, often depicted in a tree-like diagram.
Anthropogenic impacts: Environmental changes caused or influenced by human activities.
Bioindicator: An organism whose presence, absence, or abundance reflects the condition of an ecosystem.