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. . PDF.
Distribution This species of land snail lives in Madeira, Portugal.
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