Biology:Placostylus hongii

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Placostylus hongii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Gastropoda
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Subfamily:
Placostylinae
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Species:
P. hongii
Binomial name
Placostylus hongii
Lesson, 1830

Placostylus hongii is a species of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bothriembryontidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in New Zealand.[2]

Conservation status

Placostylus hongii is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as Range Restricted.[3]

Buckley et al. (2011)[4] from short sequence molecular phylogeny and shell dimensions, that there are no subspecies of Placostylus hongii.[4]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN:0-00-216906-1.
  3. New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification
  4. 4.0 4.1 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q5462261 entry