Biology:Leptaxis nivosa
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Leptaxis (Katostoma) nivosa shells | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | L. nivosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptaxis nivosa Lowe, 1831[1]
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Leptaxis nivosa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. It is endemic to Madeira.[2]
Anatomy
These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.[3]
References
- ↑ "AnimalBase - Leptaxis erubescens". AnimalBase. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=3098. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ↑ "Leptaxis nivosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)". Catalogue of Life. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6PFMZ.
- ↑ Koene, Joris M.; Muratov, Igor V. (2004). "Revision of the reproductive morphology of three Leptaxis species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Hygromiidae) and its implication on dart evolution". Malacologia 46 (1).
Wikidata ☰ Q14636744 entry
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