Leptaxis R. T. Lowe 1852

Leptaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the typical snails.^[1]

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)

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