Placostylus porphyrostomus is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bothriembryontidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Placostylus porphyrostomus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1430192 on 2022-01-23
Subspecies Placostylus porphyrostomus mariei (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1867) Placostylus porphyrostomus monackensis (Crosse, 1888) Placostylus porphyrostomus porphyrostomus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Placostylus porphyrostomus smithii Kobelt, 1891
Distribution This species is endemic to New Caledonia.
References
Neubert, E., Chérel-Mora C. & Bouchet P. (2009). Polytypy, clines, and fragmentation: The bulimes of New Caledonia revisited (Pulmonata, Orthalicoidea, Placostylidae). In P. Grancolas (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 7. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 198: 37-131
External links
Pfeiffer, L. (1853). Description of fifty-four new species of Helicea, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 19: 252-256 [16 July 1853]; 257-263