Placostylus porphyrostomus

Placostylus porphyrostomus is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bothriembryontidae. [2]

Subspecies
  • Placostylus porphyrostomus mariei (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1867)
  • Placostylus porphyrostomus monackensis (Crosse, 1888)
  • Placostylus porphyrostomus porphyrostomus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
  • Placostylus porphyrostomus smithii Kobelt, 1891

Placostylus porphyrostomus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bothriembryontidae
Subfamily: Placostylinae
Genus: Placostylus
Species:
P. porphyrostomus
Binomial name
Placostylus porphyrostomus
Pfeiffer, 1851
Synonyms

Bulimus porphyrostomus L. Pfeiffer, 1853

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Caledonia.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (1996). "Placostylus porphyrostomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17452A7082517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17452A7082517.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Placostylus porphyrostomus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1430192 on 2022-01-23
  • Neubert, E., Chérel-Mora C. & Bouchet P. (2009). Polytypy, clines, and fragmentation: The bulimes of New Caledonia revisited (Pulmonata, Orthalicoidea, Placostylidae). In P. Grancolas (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 7. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 198: 37-131
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