Leiostyla cassida

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Leiostyla cassida

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Lauriidae
Genus: Leiostyla
Species:
L. cassida
Binomial name
Leiostyla cassida
(R.T.Lowe, 1831)

Leiostyla cassida is a

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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