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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Placostylus hongii is a species of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bothriembryontidae.[2]
Placostylus hongii | |
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Shell of Placostylus hongii (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Bothriembryontidae |
Subfamily: | Placostylinae |
Genus: | Placostylus |
Species: | P. hongii |
Binomial name | |
Placostylus hongii Lesson, 1830 | |
Synonyms | |
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The length of the shell attains 75 mm.
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This species is endemic and occurs in New Zealand.[3]
Placostylus hongii is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as Range Restricted.[4]
Buckley et al. (2011)[5] from short sequence molecular phylogeny and shell dimensions, that there are no subspecies of Placostylus hongii.[5]
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