Leiostyla degenerata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Lauriidae
- Genus
- Leiostyla
- Species
- Leiostyla degenerata
- Scientific Name
- Leiostyla degenerata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Leiostyla degenerata
Leiostyla degenerata is a species of land snail in the family Lauriidae. It is endemic to Porto Santo Island in the Madeira archipelago.
This snail is found only on the slopes of Pico Branco, a mountain on the island. Its entire known range measures about 3 by 2 kilometers. It lives with other Leiostyla species in leaf litter and rock cracks. The population, though small, is likely stable and there are no immediate threats.
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Sibling Taxa
- Leiostyla abbreviata
- Leiostyla anglica
- Leiostyla arborea
- Leiostyla beatae
- Leiostyla calathiscus
- Leiostyla cassida
- Leiostyla cassidula
- Leiostyla castanea
- Leiostyla cheilogona
- Leiostyla colvillei
- Leiostyla concinna
- Leiostyla corneocostata
- Leiostyla degenerata
- Leiostyla falknerorum
- Leiostyla ferraria
- Leiostyla filicum
- Leiostyla fusca
- Leiostyla fuscidula
- Leiostyla gibba
- Leiostyla heterodon
- Leiostyla iranica
- Leiostyla irrigua
- Leiostyla lamellosa
- Leiostyla laurinea
- Leiostyla loweana
- Leiostyla macilenta
- Leiostyla millegrana
- Leiostyla monticola
- Leiostyla recta
- Leiostyla relevata
- Leiostyla rugulosa
- Leiostyla simulator
- Leiostyla sphinctostoma
- Leiostyla taeniata
- Leiostyla tesselata
- Leiostyla vermiculosa
- Leiostyla vincta