Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Bothriembryontidae
Genus: Placostylus
Subgenera (3):
Basileostylus –
Maoristylus –
Placostylus
Overview of species
P. ambagiosus – P. bivaricosus – P. bollonsi – P. caledonicus – P. eddystonensis – P. fibratus – P. hongii – P. porphyrostomus – ...
Name
- Placostylus Beck, 1837
- Gender: masculine
- Type species: Limax fibratus Martyn, 1784
- Fixation: designated under the plenary powers by ICZN (1992: 74)
References
- Brescia, F.M.; Pöllabauer, C.M.; Potter, M.A.; Robertson, A.W. 2008: A review of the ecology and conservation of Placostylus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Bulimulidae) in New Caledonia. Molluscan research, 28: 111–122. Abstract PDF
- ICZN 1992: Opinion 1662. Limax fibratus Martyn, 1784 and Nerita hebraea Martyn, 1786 (currently Placostylus fibratus and Nerita hebraea; Mollusca, Gastropoda): specific names conserved; and Placostylus Beck, 1837: L. fibratus designated as the type species. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 49 (1): 74–75. BHL Internet Archive
- Powell, A.W.B. 1938: The Paryphantidae of New Zealand no. IV. and the genus Placostylus in New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 (3): 133–150, plates 33-35. [Publication date: 17 November 1938]
- Powell, A.W.B. 1947: Distribution of Placostylus land snails in northernmost New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 3 (3): 173–188, plates 20-25. [Publication date: 28 November 1947]
- Powell, A.W.B. 1951: On further colonies of Placostylus land snails from northernmost New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4 (2): 134–140, plate 28. [Publication date: 19 December 1951] BUGZ
- Trewick, S.; Brescia, F.; Jordan, C. 2009: Diversity and phylogeny of New Caledonian Placostylus land snails; evidence from mitochondrial DNA. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 198: 421-436. Full article (PDF) Reference page.