Kingdom Animalia Family Bothriembryontidae Genus Placostylus Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Superfamily Orthalicoidea Subfamily Placostylinae Scientific name Placostylus hongii Higher classification Placostylus | |
Similar Placostylus, Placostylus ambagiosus, Bulimulidae, Placostylus fibratus, Lord Howe flax snail | ||
Placostylus hongii is a species of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bothriembryontidae.
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Distribution
This species occurs in New Zealand.
Conservation status
Placostylus hongii is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as Range Restricted.
Buckley et al. (2011) found based on molecular phylogeny research and shell morphology research, that there are no susbspecies of Placostylus hongii.
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