| Taxon | Leptaxis |
|---|---|
| Authority | Lowe, 1852 |
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| Display parents | 3 |
Leptaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the typical snails.[1]
Species within this genus of snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus Leptaxis include:
- Leptaxis azorica Albers, 1852
- Leptaxis bollei (Albers, 1856)
- Leptaxis caldeirarum (Morelet & Drouët, 1857) (uncertain status)
- † Leptaxis chrysomela (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
- Leptaxis drouetiana (Morelet, 1860)
- Leptaxis erubescens Lowe, 1831
- † Leptaxis fluctuosa (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
- Leptaxis furva (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
- Leptaxis groviana (A. Férussac, 1832)
- † Leptaxis isambertoi Teixeira & Groh, 2019
- Leptaxis membranacea (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
- Leptaxis minor Backhuys, 1975 (uncertain status)
- Leptaxis nivosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)
- † Leptaxis orzolae Gittenberger & Ripken, 1985
- † Leptaxis psammophora (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
- Leptaxis sanctaemariae (Morelet & Drouët, 1857)
- Leptaxis simia (A. Férussac, 1832)
- Leptaxis terceirana (Morelet, 1860) (uncertain status)
- Leptaxis undata (Lowe, 1831)
- Leptaxis vetusa (Morelet & Drouët, 1857)
- Leptaxis wollastoni (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
References
External links
- Mentioned at: [1]
- Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50)
- Lowe, R. T. (1855 ["1854"). Catalogus molluscorum pneumonatorum insularum Maderensium: or a list of all the land and freshwater shells, recent and fossil, of the Madeiran islands: arranged in groups according to their natural affinities; with diagnoses of the groups, and of the new or hitherto imperfectly defined species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22: 161-208]