Placostylus eddystonensis

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Placostylus eddystonensis (MNHN-IM-2000-21359).jpeg

|image_caption= Shell of Placostylus eddystonensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bouchet, P. |date=1996 |title=Placostylus eddystonensis |volume=1996 |page=e.T17450A7080269 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17450A7080269.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| taxon = Placostylus eddystonensis

| authority = Pfeiffer, 1855

| synonyms =

  • Bulimus eddystonensis L. Pfeiffer, 1855 (original combination)
  • Placostylus hienguensis Crosse, 1871 (junior synonym)

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Placostylus eddystonensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bothriembryontidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Placostylus eddystonensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1313519 on 2022-01-22

Subspecies:

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

Subspecies

This species is endemic to New Caledonia.

References

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  • 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.