Placostylus porphyrostomus

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

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

Bulimus porphyrostomus L. Pfeiffer, 1853

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

Distribution

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This species is endemic to New Caledonia.

References

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  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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