Leptaxis wollastoni
| Leptaxis wollastoni | |
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| Illustration of the shell of Leptaxis wollastoni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Leptaxis |
| Species: | L. wollastoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptaxis wollastoni Lowe, 1852[2]
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.