| Placostylus cuniculinsulae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Bothriembryontidae |
| Subfamily: | Placostylinae |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | †P. cuniculinsulae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Placostylus cuniculinsulae | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| Bulimus (Placostylus) cuniculinsulae Cox, 1872 | |
†Placostylus cuniculinsulae was a species of large air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bothriembryontidae. This species was endemic to Lord Howe Island,[3][2] Australia. It is now extinct.[1]
References
- ^ a b Ponder W. F. (1996). Placostylus cuniculinsulae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ^ a b c Cox J. C. (1872). "Descriptions of new Land-Shells from Australia and the South-Sea Islands". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 18-23. page 19, plate 4, figure 3.
- ^ Solem A. (1959). "Systematics of the land and fresh-water mollusca of the New Hebrides". Fieldiana 43(1): page 131.
Further reading
- Iredale T. (1944). "The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island". Australian Zoologist 10(3): 299-334, plates 17-20.
- description in Latin language