Biology:Platycochlium

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Short description: Genus of gastropods


Platycochlium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Streptaxinae
Genus:
Platycochlium

Laidlaw, 1950[1]
Type species
Platycochlium sarawakense Laidlaw, 1950

Platycochlium is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.[2]

Distribution

The distribution of the genus Platycochlium includes:

  • Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia[2]

Species

Species within the genus Platycochlium include:

  • Platycochlium barnaclei Dance, 1970
  • Platycochlium sarawakense Laidlaw, 1950
  • Platycochlium saulae Dance, 1970

References

  1. Laidlaw F. F. (1950). Sarawak Mus. J. 5: 370.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.

Wikidata ☰ Q7202585 entry