Leptaxis simia
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| genus = Leptaxis
| species = simia
| authority = (A. Férussac, 1832)
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Leptaxis simia is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae.
Subspecies
- Leptaxis simia simia
- Leptaxis simia hyaena (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
The subspecies Leptaxis simia hyaena (R. T. Lowe, 1852) endemic to Bugio, Madeira is globally extinct.Fontaine B., Bouchet P., Van Achterberg K., Alonso-Zarazaga M. A., Araujo R. et al. (2007). "The European union’s 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus." Biological Conservation 139: 167-185. Table 2 on the page 173. {{doi|10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012}}. [http://download.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/hannelore.hoch/2010_target.pdf PDF].
Distribution
This species of land snail lives in Madeira, Portugal.