Leptaxis vetusta
| Leptaxis vetusta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Leptaxis |
| Species: | †L. vetusta
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| Binomial name | |
| †Leptaxis vetusta (Morelet & Drouët, 1857)
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Leptaxis vetusta was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
This species was endemic to the Azores, Portugal, but is now thought to be extinct. Besides its shell, its anatomy is unknown. The type locality of the species is the south and southeast slopes of Pico do Facho, Santa Maria Island.[2]
References
- ^ Teixeira, D.; de Frias Martins, A.M. (2025). "Leptaxis vetusta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T11658A213395725. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T11658A213395725.en. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ Callapez, Pedro; Soares, António Ferreira; Marques, Júlio (2003). "Rediscovery of Leptaxis vetusta (Morelet & Drouet, 1857), a subfossil land snail from the Quaternary of Santa Maria (Azores)" (PDF). Ciências da Terra / Earth Sciences Journal. 15: 209–218. Retrieved 9 March 2021.