Leiostyla cassida

Leiostyla cassida is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.

Leiostyla cassida

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Lauriidae
Genus:
Leiostyla
Species:
L. cassida
Binomial name
Leiostyla cassida

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.

References
  1. Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Leiostyla cassida". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T171004A6798938. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T171004A6798938.en. Retrieved 12 December 2017.


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