†Leucocharis porphyrocheila is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bothriembryontidae. [1]
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| Shell of Leucocharis porphyrochila (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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| Species: | L. porphyrocheila
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| Leucocharis porphyrocheila Dautzenberg & Bernier, 1901
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 42.2 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species is endemic to New Caledonia.
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leucocharis porphyrochila Dautzenberg & Bernier, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1362676 on 2021-05-06
External links edit
- Dautzenberg P. & Bernier J. (1901). Description d'un Bulimulidé nouveau provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 49(3): 215-216
- Dautzenberg P. (1902). Descriptions de coquilles nouvelles provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 49(4): 299-302, pl. 8
- Franc A. (1957). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'archipel néo-calédonien. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. ser. A (Zoologie), 13: 1-200, 24 pls
- Barker, G. M.; Brodie, G.; Bogitini, L.; Pippard, H. (2016). Diversity and current conservation status of Melanesian–New Zealand placostyline land snails (Gastropoda : Bothriembryontidae), with discussion of conservation imperatives, priorities and methodology issues. Pacific Conservation Biology. 22(3): 203
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Leucocharis porphyrocheila. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.