Leptaxis nivosa

Leptaxis nivosa
Leptaxis (Katostoma) nivosa shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Leptaxis
Species:
L. nivosa
Binomial name
Leptaxis nivosa
Lowe, 1831[1]

Leptaxis nivosa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. It is endemic to Madeira.[2]

Anatomy

These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.[3]

References

  1. ^ "AnimalBase - Leptaxis erubescens". AnimalBase. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  2. ^ "Leptaxis nivosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. ^ Koene, Joris M.; Muratov, Igor V. (2004). "Revision of the reproductive morphology of three Leptaxis species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Hygromiidae) and its implication on dart evolution". Malacologia. 46 (1).
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