Biology:Leucocharis pancheri

Short description: Species of gastropod

Leucocharis pancheri
Shell of Leucocharis pancheri (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (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:	Leuchocharis
Species:	L. pancheri
Binomial name
Leucocharis pancheri
Synonyms
Leuchocharis pancheri (lapsus) Bulimus pancheri Crosse, 1870 (original combination) Placostylus (Leucocharis) pancheri (Crosse, 1870)

Leucocharis pancheri is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bothriembryontidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 31.9 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Caledonia.

References

• Crosse, H., 1871. Description d'espèces inédites provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.. Journal de Conchyliologie "1870"18: 403-420
• Breure, A. S. H., 1976. Types of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 233 "1975": 1137-1187, sér. ser.3, part. Zoologie

External links

• Crosse H. (1870). Diagnoses Molluscorum Novae Caledoniae incolarum. Journal de Conchyliologie. 18(1): 136-138
• Franc A. (1957). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'archipel néo-calédonien. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. ser. A (Zoologie), 13: 1-200, 24 pls.
• Barker, G. M.; Brodie, G.; Bogitini, L.; Pippard, H. (2016). Diversity and current conservation status of Melanesian–New Zealand placostyline land snails (Gastropoda : Bothriembryontidae), with discussion of conservation imperatives, priorities and methodology issues. Pacific Conservation Biology. 22(3): 203

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