Placostylus porphyrostomus is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bothriembryontidae.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Bothriembryontidae |
| Subfamily: | Placostylinae |
| Genus: | Placostylus |
| Species: | P. porphyrostomus
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| Binomial name | |
| Placostylus porphyrostomus Pfeiffer, 1851
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| Synonyms | |
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Bulimus porphyrostomus L. Pfeiffer, 1853 | |
- Subspecies
- Placostylus porphyrostomus mariei (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1867)
- Placostylus porphyrostomus monackensis (Crosse, 1888)
- Placostylus porphyrostomus porphyrostomus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
- Placostylus porphyrostomus smithii Kobelt, 1891
Distribution
editThis species is endemic to New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- 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
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