Placostylus hongii explained

Placostylus hongii is a species of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bothriembryontidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 75 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic and occurs in New Zealand.^[2]

Conservation status

Placostylus hongii is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as Range Restricted.^[3]

Buckley et al. (2011) from short sequence molecular phylogeny and shell dimensions, that there are no subspecies of Placostylus hongii.^[4]

References

• Pfeiffer, L. (1861). Diagnosen einiger Landschnecken von Neuseeland. Malakozoologische Blätter, 8: 146–150. Cassel.

External links

• Lesson, R. P. (1830–1831). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, 2(1): 1–471 [pp. 1–24 (1830), 25–471 (1831)] Paris: Arthus Bertrand.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Placostylus hongii (Lesson, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832555 on 2022-01-23
2. [Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]
3. http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentPage.aspx?id=39593 New Zealand Department of Conservation Threatened Species Classification
4. Buckley T. R., Stringer I., Gleeson D., Howitt R., Attanayake D., Parrish R., Sherley G. & Rohan M. (2011). "A revision of the New Zealand Placostylus land snails using mitochondrial DNA and shell morphometric analyses, with implications for conservation". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 38(1): 55–81. .