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Leiostyla cassida

Leiostyla cassida is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.

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Leiostyla cassida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Lauriidae
Genus: Leiostyla
Species:
L. cassida
Binomial name
Leiostyla cassida
(R.T.Lowe, 1831)

Leiostyla cassida is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.

This species is endemic to Portugal. This species is mentioned in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive.

This is one of several species sometimes referred as the Madeiran land snail.

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References

  1. Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Leiostyla cassida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011 e.T171004A6798938. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T171004A6798938.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.