Leptaxis wollastoni
| Leptaxis wollastoni | |
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| Illustration of the shell of Leptaxis wollastoni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Leptaxis |
| Species: | L. wollastoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptaxis wollastoni Lowe, 1852[1] | |
Leptaxis wollastoni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. This species is endemic to Madeira (Porto Santo and Ilhéu de Fora).
References
- ↑ Tryon, George Washington; Pilsbry, Henry Augustus; Sharp, B. (1888). Manual of Conchology, Structural and Systemic. IV. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. p. 199.
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Leptaxis wollastoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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