Placostylus eddystonensis

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

Subspecies:

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

Subspecies

This species is endemic to New Caledonia.

References

• 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.

External links

• Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Description of nine new species of land-shells, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 23(284): 7–9