Placostylus hongii
Placostylus hongii is a species of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bothriembryontidae.[2]
| Placostylus hongii | |
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| Shell of Placostylus hongii (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Bothriembryontidae |
| Subfamily: | Placostylinae |
| Genus: | Placostylus |
| Species: | P. hongii |
| Binomial name | |
| Placostylus hongii Lesson, 1830 | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 75 mm.
Distribution
This species is endemic and occurs in New Zealand.[3]
Conservation status
Placostylus hongii is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as Range Restricted.[4]
Buckley et al. (2011)[5] from short sequence molecular phylogeny and shell dimensions, that there are no subspecies of Placostylus hongii.[5]
References
- Sherley G. (1996). Placostylus hongii. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 5 April 2011.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Placostylus hongii (Lesson, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832555 on 2022-01-23
- Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
- New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification Archived 15 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Buckley T. R., Stringer I., Gleeson D., Howitt R., Attanayake D., Parrish R., Sherley G. & Rohan M. (2011). "A revision of the New Zealand Placostylus land snails using mitochondrial DNA and shell morphometric analyses, with implications for conservation". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 38(1): 55–81. doi:10.1080/03014223.2010.527997.
- Pfeiffer, L. (1861). Diagnosen einiger Landschnecken von Neuseeland. Malakozoologische Blätter, 8: 146–150. Cassel.
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