Leptaxis simia
Appearance
Leptaxis simia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Hygromiidae |
Genus: | Leptaxis |
Species: | L. simia
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Binomial name | |
Leptaxis simia (A. Férussac, 1832)
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Leptaxis simia is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae.
Subspecies
[edit]- Leptaxis simia simia
- Leptaxis simia hyaena (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
The subspecies Leptaxis simia hyaena (R. T. Lowe, 1852) endemic to Bugio, Madeira is globally extinct.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species of land snail lives in Madeira, Portugal.
References
[edit]- ^ Fontaine B., Bouchet P., Van Achterberg K., Alonso-Zarazaga M. A., Araujo R. et al. (2007). "The European union’s 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus." Biological Conservation 139: 167-185. Table 2 on the page 173. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012. PDF.