Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Lauriidae Scientific name Leiostyla cassida | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Pupilloidea Genus Leiostyla Rank Species | |
Similar Caseolus, Brachytrupes megacephalus, Lauriidae | ||
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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