Placocharis

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Placocharis
Placocharis macgillivrayi (MNHN-IM-2015-4121) 001.jpeg
Shell of Placocharis macgillivrayi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Bothriembryontidae
Genus: Placocharis
Pilsbry, 1900
Type species
Bulimus macgillivrayiL. Pfeiffer, 1855
Synonyms [1]
  • AcrostylusClench, 1935 (invalid: junior homonymy of AcrostylusCossmann, 1896; MalaitellaClench, 1941 is a replacement name)
  • MalaitellaClench, 1941 (junior synonym)
  • Placostylus (Acrostylus)Clench, 1935 (invalid: junior homonym of AcrostylusCossmann, 1896; MalaitellaClench, 1941 is a replacement name)
  • Placostylus (Malaitella)Clench, 1941 (junior synonym)
  • Placostylus (Placocharis)Pilsbry, 1900 (original rank)

Placocharis are a genus of very large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Placostylinae of the family Bothriembryontidae. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Placocharis Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=863054 on 2022-01-22