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

The subspecies Leptaxis simia hyaena (R. T. Lowe, 1852) endemic to Bugio, Madeira is globally extinct.

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.