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Leptaxis nivosa
Leptaxis (Katostoma) nivosa shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Hygromiidae
Genus:	Leptaxis
Species:	L. nivosa
Binomial name
Leptaxis nivosa Lowe, 1831

Leptaxis nivosa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. It is endemic to Madeira.

Anatomy

These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

References

1. "AnimalBase - Leptaxis erubescens". AnimalBase. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
2. "Leptaxis nivosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
3. Koene, Joris M.; Muratov, Igor V. (2004). "Revision of the reproductive morphology of three Leptaxis species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Hygromiidae) and its implication on dart evolution". Malacologia. 46 (1).

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