Leptaxis
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| Leptaxis | |
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| Leptaxis groviana (Férussac, 1832) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Leptaxis Lowe, 1852 |
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Leptaxis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the typical snails.[1]
Species within this genus of snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
