Reproductive cycle ofLeptaxis caldeirarum, a locally endangered Azorean land snail
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Reproductive cycle of Leptaxis caldeirarum, a locally endangered Azorean land snail
The land snail Leptaxis caldeirarum (Morelet and Drouet, 1857), a hermaphrodite Hygromiidae species, endemic from São Miguel Island (Azores), is geographically limited to a range of 31 km, occupying an area of about 14 km. A preliminary study confirmed the locally endangered status of the species, raising the possibility that it could reach the “critically in danger” status, the most serious ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Invertebrate Reproduction & Development
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0792-4259,2157-0272
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2005.9652159