Leptaxis wollastoni

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Leptaxis wollastoni
File:Leptaxis wollastoni conch shell 2.png
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.