Placostylus eddystonensis
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|image_caption= Shell of Placostylus eddystonensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN2.3
| 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.
External links
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- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747838 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]
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Category:Endemic fauna of New Caledonia
Category:Gastropods described in 1855
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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