Leptaxis nivosa

Leptaxis nivosa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. It is endemic to Madeira.^[2]

Leptaxis nivosa
Leptaxis (Katostoma) nivosa shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Hygromiidae
Genus:	Leptaxis
Species:	L. nivosa
Binomial name
Leptaxis nivosa Lowe, 1831[1]

Anatomy

These snails create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.^[3]