Leptaxis simia

Leptaxis simia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Leptaxis
Species:
L. simia
Binomial name
Leptaxis simia
(A. Férussac, 1832)

Leptaxis simia is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae.

Subspecies

  • 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

This species of land snail lives in Madeira, Portugal.

References

  1. ^ 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.


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