Leptaxis
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon = Leptaxis
|image = Leptaxis_groviana_01.JPG
|image_caption = Leptaxis groviana (Férussac, 1832)
| authority = Lowe, 1852
| synonyms =
- Helix (Cryptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1855
- Helix (Katostoma) R. T. Lowe, 1855 (basionym)
- Helix (Leptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1852
- Leptaxis (Cryptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1855· accepted, alternate representation
- Leptaxis (Helixena) Backhuys, 1975· accepted, alternate representation
- Leptaxis (Katostoma) R. T. Lowe, 1855· accepted, alternate representation
- Leptaxis (Leptaxis) R. T. Lowe, 1852· accepted, alternate representation
|type_species =
|display_parents = 3
}}
Leptaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the typical snails.{{WRMS species|996520|Leptaxis R. T. Lowe, 1852||10 January 2019}}
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 azorica Albers, 1852
- Leptaxis bollei (Albers, 1856)
- Leptaxis caldeirarum (Morelet & Drouët, 1857) (uncertain status)
- † Leptaxis chrysomela (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
- Leptaxis drouetiana (Morelet, 1860)
- Leptaxis erubescens Lowe, 1831
- † Leptaxis fluctuosa (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
- Leptaxis furva (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
- Leptaxis groviana (A. Férussac, 1832)
- † Leptaxis isambertoi Teixeira & Groh, 2019
- Leptaxis membranacea (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
- Leptaxis minor Backhuys, 1975 (uncertain status)
- Leptaxis nivosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)
- † Leptaxis orzolae Gittenberger & Ripken, 1985
- † Leptaxis psammophora (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
- Leptaxis sanctaemariae (Morelet & Drouët, 1857)
- Leptaxis simia (A. Férussac, 1832)
- Leptaxis terceirana (Morelet, 1860) (uncertain status)
- Leptaxis undata (Lowe, 1831)
- Leptaxis vetusa (Morelet & Drouët, 1857)
- Leptaxis wollastoni (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
References
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External links
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- Mentioned at: [https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/225477]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2362893 Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50)]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747564 Lowe, R. T. (1855 ["1854"]). Catalogus molluscorum pneumonatorum insularum Maderensium: or a list of all the land and freshwater shells, recent and fossil, of the Madeiran islands: arranged in groups according to their natural affinities; with diagnoses of the groups, and of the new or hitherto imperfectly defined species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 22: 161-208]
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Category:Taxa named by Richard Thomas Lowe
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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