Placostylus eddystonensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bothriembryontidae.[2]
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| Shell of Placostylus eddystonensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Bothriembryontidae |
| Subfamily: | Placostylinae |
| Genus: | Placostylus |
| Species: | P. eddystonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Placostylus eddystonensis Pfeiffer, 1855
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Subspecies:
- Placostylus eddystonensis bavayi (Crosse & Marie, 1868)
- Placostylus eddystonensis eddystonensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1855)
- Placostylus eddystonensis savesi Crosse, 1886
Subspecies edit
This species is endemic to New Caledonia.
References edit
- ^ Bouchet, P. (1996). "Placostylus eddystonensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17450A7080269. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17450A7080269.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ 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
- 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 edit
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