Biology:Leucocharis porphyrocheila

Short description: Species of gastropod

Leucocharis porphyrocheila
Shell of Leucocharis porphyrochila (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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. porphyrocheila
Binomial name
Leucocharis porphyrocheila Dautzenberg & Bernier, 1901
Synonyms
Leucocharis porphyrochila var. rubicunda Dautzenberg, 1902 Placostylus (Leucocharis) porphyrochila (Dautzenberg & Bernier, 1901)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 42.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Caledonia.

External links

• Dautzenberg P. & Bernier J. (1901). Description d'un Bulimulidé nouveau provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 49(3): 215-216
• Dautzenberg P. (1902). Descriptions de coquilles nouvelles provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 49(4): 299-302, pl. 8
• 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
• Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Leucocharis porphyrocheila. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

Wikidata ☰ Q4847582 entry