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| Leptaxis (Katostoma) nivosa shells | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | L. nivosa |
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| Leptaxis nivosa | |
Leptaxis nivosa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. It is endemic to Madeira. [2]
These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior. [3]
Leptaxis caldeirarum is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
Leptaxis furva is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal.
Leptaxis terceirana is a species of land snail in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. It is endemic to the Azores.
Leptaxis vetusa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
Leptaxis wollastoni is an endangered species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. This species is endemic to Madeira.
A love dart is a sharp, calcareous or chitinous dart which some hermaphroditic land snails and slugs create. Love darts are both formed and stored internally in a dart sac. These darts are made in sexually mature animals only, and are used as part of the sequence of events during courtship, before actual mating takes place. Darts are quite large compared to the size of the animal: in the case of the semi-slug genus Parmarion, the length of a dart can be up to one fifth that of the semi-slug's foot.
Leptaxis erubescens is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
Leptaxis undata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
Voluta is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Phasianella nivosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae.
Cymbiola nivosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Oliva bifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
Oliva nivosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
Steromphala nivosa, common name the Maltese top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.
Callistocypraea nivosa is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Callistocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Leptaxis simia is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae.
Jordaniella nivosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Americoliva is a genus of sea snails in the family Olividae, the olives. It is sometimes considered a subgenus of Oliva. It is a sympatric genus of Vullietoliva.
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