Leptaxis nivosa

Taxobox
name = Leptaxis


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Stylommatophora
familia = Helicidae
genus = "Leptaxis"
species = "L. nivosa"
binomial = "Leptaxis nivosa"
binomial_authority = Lowe, 1831 [cite web|url=http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=3098|title=AnimalBase - Leptaxis erubescens|publisher=AnimalBase|accessdate=2008-10-11]

"Leptaxis nivosa" is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the true snails.

Anatomy

These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

References

*Taxonomy at: [http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/L/Leptaxis_nivosa/]
*Images at: [http://www.ne.jp/asahi/dexter/sinister/gallery/species/LepKatNiv.html]