Placostylus bollonsi caperatus

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Placostylus bollonsi caperatus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Placostylus
Species: P. bollonsi
Subspecies: P. bollonsi caperatus
Trinomial name
Placostylus bollonsi caperatus
Powell, 1948

Placostylus bollonsi caperatus is a subspecies of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bulimulidae, the bulimulus snails and their allies.

This subspecies is critically endangered.

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[edit] Distribution

This land snail is endemic to the Three Kings Islands of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This subspecies is found at an altitude of about 500 ft under cover of stunted ngaio (Myoporum) scrub.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is smaller and narrower than the typical Placostylus, with a taller spire.

The shell height is up to 97 mm, and width up to 36 mm.

[edit] Conservation status

Placostylus bollonsi caperatus is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as being Nationally Critical.

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