Leptaxis wollastoni

Leptaxis wollastoni
Illustration of the shell of Leptaxis wollastoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Leptaxis
Species:
L. wollastoni
Binomial name
Leptaxis wollastoni
Lowe, 1852[2]

Leptaxis wollastoni is an endangered species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. This species is endemic to Madeira (Porto Santo and Ilhéu de Fora).

References

  1. ^ Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Leptaxis wollastoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T11655A3300335. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T11655A3300335.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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.


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