Leucocharis porphyrocheila

Leucocharis porphyrocheila
Shell of Leucocharis porphyrochila (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Bothriembryontidae
Genus:	Leucocharis
Species:	†L. porphyrocheila
Binomial name
†Leucocharis porphyrocheila Dautzenberg & Bernier, 1901
Synonyms
Leucocharis porphyrochila var. rubicunda Dautzenberg, 1902 Placostylus (Leucocharis) porphyrochila (Dautzenberg & Bernier, 1901)

Leucocharis porphyrocheila is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bothriembryontidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 42.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Caledonia.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leucocharis porphyrochila Dautzenberg & Bernier, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1362676 on 2021-05-06

External links

• Dautzenberg P. & Bernier J. (1901). Description d'un Bulimulidé nouveau provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 49(3): 215-216
• Dautzenberg P. (1902). Descriptions de coquilles nouvelles provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 49(4): 299-302, pl. 8
• Franc A. (1957). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de l'archipel néo-calédonien. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. ser. A (Zoologie), 13: 1-200, 24 pls
• Barker, G. M.; Brodie, G.; Bogitini, L.; Pippard, H. (2016). Diversity and current conservation status of Melanesian–New Zealand placostyline land snails (Gastropoda : Bothriembryontidae), with discussion of conservation imperatives, priorities and methodology issues. Pacific Conservation Biology. 22(3): 203
• Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Leucocharis porphyrocheila. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.