Leptaxis wollastoni

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}

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| image = Leptaxis wollastoni conch shell 2.png

| image_caption = Illustration of the shell of Leptaxis wollastoni

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Seddon, M.B. |date=2011 |title=Leptaxis wollastoni |volume=2011 |page=e.T11655A3300335 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T11655A3300335.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Leptaxis

| species = wollastoni

| authority = Lowe, 1852{{cite book |title=Manual of Conchology, Structural and Systemic |volume=IV |last1=Tryon |first1=George Washington |last2=Pilsbry |first2=Henry Augustus |last3=Sharp |first3=B. |publisher=Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia |date=1888 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcoQAAAAIAAJ&q=Leptaxis+wollastoni+-wikipedia&pg=PA289 |page=199}}

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Leptaxis wollastoni is an endangered species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. This species is endemic to Madeira (Porto Santo and Ilhéu de Fora).

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