Placostylus eddystonensis

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

Placostylus eddystonensis
Shell of Placostylus eddystonensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bothriembryontidae
Subfamily: Placostylinae
Genus: Placostylus
Species:
P. eddystonensis
Binomial name
Placostylus eddystonensis
Pfeiffer, 1855
Synonyms
  • Bulimus eddystonensis L. Pfeiffer, 1855 (original combination)
  • Placostylus hienguensis Crosse, 1871 (junior synonym)

Subspecies:

  • Placostylus eddystonensis bavayi (Crosse & Marie, 1868)
  • Placostylus eddystonensis eddystonensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
  • Placostylus eddystonensis savesi Crosse, 1886

Subspecies

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This species is endemic to New Caledonia.

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (1996). "Placostylus eddystonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17450A7080269. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17450A7080269.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Placostylus eddystonensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1313519 on 2022-01-22
  • 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.
  • Delsaerdt, A.G.J. (2010). Land Snails on the Solomon Islands. Vol. I: Placostylidae. Ancona: L'Informatore Piceno. 132 pp., 12 pls.
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