Poecilocharis
Genus of gastropods
Poecilocharis | |
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Shell of Poecilocharis bicolor (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Helicina |
Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
Family: | Bothriembryontidae |
Genus: | Poecilocharis Kobelt, 1891 |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- ^ a b 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
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- Kobelt, W. (1890-1891). Die Gattung Placostylus Beck. (Bulimus. Neue Folge). In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Ersten Bandes dreizehnte Abtheilung A. 1-142, pls 1-32. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe