Placostylus porphyrostomus

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

Bulimus porphyrostomusL. Pfeiffer, 1853

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

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Subspecies

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Caledonia.

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References

  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