Biology:Poecilocharis

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Poecilocharis
Placostylus francoisi (MNHN-IM-2000-28049).jpeg
Shell of Poecilocharis bicolor (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Bothriembryontidae
Genus: Poecilocharis
Kobelt, 1891
Synonyms[1]
  • Aspastus (Poecilocharis) Kobelt, 1891
  • Placostylus (Poecilocharis) Kobelt, 1891 (original rank)

Poecilocharis are a genus of very large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bothriembryontidae.[1]

Species

  • Poecilocharis bicolor (Hartman, 1889)
  • Poecilocharis turneri (L. Pfeiffer, 1860)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Poecilocharis Kobelt, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=863063 on 2022-01-23
  • Neubert, E., Chérel-Mora C. & Bouchet P. (2009). Polytypy, clines, and fragmentation: The bulimes of New Caledonia revisited (Pulmonata, Orthalicoidea, Placostylidae). In P. Grancolas (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 7. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 198: 37-131

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7200423 entry