Leptaxis wollastoni

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[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

  1. Tryon, George Washington; Pilsbry, Henry Augustus; Sharp, B. (1888). Manual of Conchology, Structural and Systemic. IV. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. p. 199.
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