Biology:Leucocharis loyaltiensis

Short description: Species of gastropod

Leucocharis loyaltiensis
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Bothriembryontidae
Genus:	Leucocharis
Species:	†L. loyaltiensis
Binomial name
Leucocharis loyaltiensis
Synonyms
Bulimus loyaltyensis Souverbie, 1879 (original combination) Leucocharis loyaltyensis var. lactea Dautzenberg, 1923 Leucocharis loyaltyensis var. luteomarginata Dautzenberg, 1923 Leucocharis loyaltyensis var. subaurantiacofulvida Dautzenberg, 1923 Placostylus (Leucocharis) loyaltyensis (Souverbie, 1879) Placostylus loyaltyensis (Souverbie, 1879)

†Leucocharis loyaltiensis was a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bothriembryontidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Caledonia.

References

• Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Leucocharis loyaltiensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

External links

• S.M. & Montrouzier X. (1879). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'archipel calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie. 27(1): 25-34

Wikidata ☰ Q4847698 entry