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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