Leptaxis wollastoni
Appearance
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Illustration of the shell of Leptaxis wollastoni | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | L. wollastoni
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Leptaxis wollastoni Lowe, 1852[1]
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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. Vol. 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.