Placostylus
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Placostylus, or flax snails, are a genus of large terrestrial gastropod molluscs of the family Bulimulidae, endemic to the island groups of the Melanesian Plateau; the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Lord Howe Island, and Northland in New Zealand including offshore islands. There are arboreal species, which are thin-shelled, and ground dwelling species that are solid and often massive in their shell structure. All of the New Zealand members are ground dwelling in their adult stages, but juveniles are sometimes found in astelia and other epiphytic growth on trees.
Many have become extinct.
[edit] Species
- Placostylus ambagiosus ambagiosus Suter,1906
- Placostylus ambagiosus annectens Powell,1938
- Placostylus ambagiosus consobrinus Powell,1938
- Placostylus ambagiosus gardneri † Powell,1951
- Placostylus ambagiosus hinemoa † Powell,1947
- Placostylus ambagiosus keenorum Powell,1947
- Placostylus ambagiosus lesleyae † Powell,1947
- Placostylus ambagiosus michiei Powell,1951
- Placostylus ambagiosus pandora Powelll,1951
- Placostylus ambagiosus paraspiritus Powell,1951
- Placostylus ambagiosus priscus † Powell,1938
- Placostylus ambagiosus spiritus † Powell,1947
- Placostylus ambagiosus watti PPowell,1947
- Placostylus ambagiosus whareana Powell,1951
- Placostylus ambagiosus worthyi † Powell,1947
- Placostylus bollonsi arbutus Powell,1948
- Placostylus bollonsi bollonsi Suter,1908
- Placostylus bollonsi caperatus Powell,1948
- Placostylus hongii (Lesson,1830)
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
[edit] References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- NZ Molluscs
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