Biology:Leiostyla cassida

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Leiostyla cassida
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Lauriidae
Genus: Leiostyla
Species:
L. cassida
Binomial name
Leiostyla cassida
(R.T.Lowe, 1831)

Leiostyla cassida is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.

This species is endemic to Portugal. This species is mentioned in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive.

This is one of several species sometimes referred as the Madeiran land snail.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4847874 entry