Placostylus porphyrostomus

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

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

Distribution

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

External links

• Pfeiffer, L. (1853). Description of fifty-four new species of Helicea, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 19: 252-256 &#91;16 July 1853&#93;; 257-263