Leptaxis wollastoni
Illustration of the shell of Leptaxis wollastoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Helicidae
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 mollusk 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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