Leptaxis erubescens
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | L. erubescens
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| Leptaxis erubescens | |
Leptaxis erubescens is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicidae, the typical snails.
Anatomy[edit]
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.
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