Leiostyla cassida
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Leiostyla cassida is a species of gastropod in the Pupillidae
family. It is endemic to Portugal
.
It is mentioned in annexes II and IV of Habitats Directive.
It is sometimes referred as madeiran land snail
.
Pupillidae
Pupillidae is a family of mostly minute, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Stylommatophora....
family. It is endemic to Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
.
It is mentioned in annexes II and IV of Habitats Directive.
It is sometimes referred as madeiran land snail
Madeiran land snail
Madeiran land snail is a common name which has been given to several different species of terrestrial gastropods, air-breathing land snails:* Geomitra moniziana* Leiostyla abbreviata* Leiostyla cassida* Leiostyla corneocostata...
.
Source
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Leiostyla cassida. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.