''Leptichnus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of air-breathing land snails or

semi-slug Semi-slugs, also spelled semislugs, are land gastropods whose shells are too small for them to retract into, but not quite vestigial. The shell of some semi-slugs may not be easily visible on casual inspection, because the shell may be covered ...

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pulmonate gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the family Urocyclidae. ''Leptichnus'' is the

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of the tribe Leptichnini.

Species

Species within the genus ''Leptichnus'' include: * ''

Leptichnus bernardi ''Leptichnus bernardi'' is a species of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Urocyclidae. This species is Endemism, endemic to List of non-marine molluscs of Tanzani ...

'' van Goethem

References

Urocyclidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Urocyclidae-stub