Leptaxis
| Leptaxis | |
|---|---|
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| Leptaxis groviana (Férussac, 1832) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Leptaxis Lowe, 1852 |
Leptaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
Species within this genus of snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus Leptaxis include:
- Leptaxis bollei (Albers, 1856)
- Leptaxis caldeirarum
- Leptaxis erubescens
- Leptaxis furva
- Leptaxis nivosa
- Leptaxis simia
- Leptaxis terceirana
- Leptaxis undata
- Leptaxis vetusa
- Leptaxis wollastoni
References
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