Lemniscia galeata

Lemniscia galeata
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Lemniscia
Species:	L. galeata
Binomial name
	Lemniscia galeata; (Lowe, 1862)
Synonyms
	Caseolus calvus galeatus(R. T. Lowe, 1862); Caseolus galeatus(R. T. Lowe, 1862); Helix calva galeataR. T. Lowe, 1862;

Last updated October 03, 2025

Lemniscia galeata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal.

References

↑ Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Lemniscia galeata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T11484A3283634. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T11484A3283634.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.

External links

Cameron, Robert A. D., Teixeira, Dinarte, Pokryszko, Beata, Silva, Isamberto and Groh, Klaus. (2021). An annotated checklist of the extant and Quaternary land molluscs of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago. Journal of Conchology 44(1): 53-70

This Geomitridae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[iucn_status_12_November_2021-1] Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Lemniscia galeata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T11484A3283634. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T11484A3283634.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[1]

Lemniscia galeata
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Lemniscia
Species:	L. galeata
Binomial name
*Lemniscia galeata* (Lowe, 1862)
Synonyms
Caseolus calvus galeatus(R. T. Lowe, 1862) Caseolus galeatus(R. T. Lowe, 1862) Helix calva galeataR. T. Lowe, 1862