Maoristylus hongii
| Maoristylus hongii | |
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| Shell of Placostylus hongii (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Bothriembryontidae |
| Subfamily: | Bothriembryontinae |
| Genus: | Maoristylus |
| Species: | M. hongii |
| Binomial name | |
| Maoristylus hongii (Lesson, 1830) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Maoristylus hongii is a species of very large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bothriembryontidae.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 75 mm.
Distribution
This species is endemic and occurs in New Zealand.[3]
Conservation status
Maoristylus hongii is classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as Range Restricted.[4]
Buckley et al. (2011)[5] from short sequence molecular phylogeny and shell dimensions, that there are no subspecies of Maoristylus hongii.[5]
References
- ↑ Sherley, G. (1996). "Placostylus hongii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T17446A7076196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17446A7076196.en. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- 1 2 Maoristylus hongii (R. P. Lesson, 1830). 7 December 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland, New Zealand: William Collins Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.
- ↑ "Terrestial invertebrate - part one". New Zealand Threat Classification System lists. New Zealand Department of Conservation. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008.
- 1 2 Buckley T. R.; Stringer I.; Gleeson D.; Howitt R.; Attanayake D.; Parrish R.; Sherley G.; Rohan M. (2011). "A revision of the New Zealand Placostylus land snails using mitochondrial DNA and shell morphometric analyses, with implications for conservation". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 38 (1): 55–81. doi:10.1080/03014223.2010.527997.
- Pfeiffer, L. (1861). "Diagnosen einiger Landschnecken von Neuseeland". Malakozoologische Blätter (in German). 8. Cassel: 146–150.
External links
- Lesson, R. P. (1830–1831). "Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825". Zoologie (in French). 2 (1). Paris: Arthus Bertrand: [, pp. 1–24 (1830), 25–471 (1831)].