Biology:Leiostyla heterodon

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Leiostyla heterodon
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Lauriidae
Genus: Leiostyla
Species:
L. heterodon
Binomial name
Leiostyla heterodon
(Pilsbry, 1923)

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

Distribution

This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal, where it inhabits four closely localised sites in the central highlands of the island. It is found on rock ledges and on crags in the summit regions of Pico do Arieiro and Pico Ruivo.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2887597 entry