Placostylus hongii

Placostylus hongii is a species of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bothriembryontidae.^[2]

Placostylus hongii
Shell of Placostylus hongii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Bothriembryontidae
Subfamily:	Placostylinae
Genus:	Placostylus
Species:	P. hongii
Binomial name
Placostylus hongii Lesson, 1830
Synonyms
Bulimus hongii Lesson, 1830 Bulimus novoseelandicus L. Pfeiffer, 1861 Placostylus (Maoristylus) hongii (Lesson, 1830)

Description

The length of the shell attains 75 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic and occurs in New Zealand.^[3]

Conservation status

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]