Biology:Leptaxis erubescens

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Short description: Species of land snail gastropod


Leptaxis
Leptaxis erubescens 01.JPG
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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L. erubescens
Binomial name
Leptaxis erubescens
Lowe, 1831[1]

Leptaxis erubescens is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.

Anatomy

Leptaxis erubescens SEM dart.jpg

These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior. The scanning electron microscope images shown are as follows: the upper image shows the lateral view of the dart, scale bar is 500 μm (0.5 mm). The lower image show the cross-section of the darts; the scale bar is 50 μm.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16984374 entry


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