# Leptaxis simia

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***Leptaxis simia*** is a [species](/source/Species) of small air-breathing [land snail](/source/Land_snail), a [terrestrial](/source/Terrestrial_animal) [pulmonate](/source/Pulmonate) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusc](/source/Mollusc) in the family [Helicidae](/source/Helicidae).

## Subspecies

- *Leptaxis simia simia*
- *Leptaxis simia hyaena* (R. T. Lowe, 1852)

The subspecies *Leptaxis simia hyaena* (R. T. Lowe, 1852) endemic to [Bugio](/source/Bugio), [Madeira](/source/List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Madeira) is globally extinct.[1]

## Distribution

This species of land snail lives in [Madeira](/source/List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Madeira), Portugal.

## References

1. Fontaine B., [Bouchet P.](/source/Philippe_Bouchet), 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](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012). [PDF](http://download.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/hannelore.hoch/2010_target.pdf).

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