Leiostracus
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| Leiostracus | |
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| Leiostracus vittatus from Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Simpulopsidae |
| Genus: | Leiostracus Albers, 1850[1] |
| Synonyms | |
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Drymaeus (Leiostracus) Albers, 1850 (unaccepted rank) | |
Leiostracus is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.[2]
This genus is endemic to South America, occurring in Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.[3][4][5]
