| Boucardicus | |
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| Shell of Boucardicus goudoti (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Hainesiidae |
| Genus: | Boucardicus Fischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Acroptychia notabilisE. A. Smith, 1892 | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
MadecataulusFischer-Piette & Bedoucha, 1965 | |
Boucardicus is a genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Hainesiidae. [2]
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It is endemic to Madagascar, consist 199 species and 5 subspecies. [3] Type species is Boucardicus notabilis (Smith, 1892). [3] Included species are very diverse, some species are medium-sized (about 10 mm) with conical shell, some are small (height 1.5-3.5 mm) with cylindrical "pupilloid-like" shell. [3]
