Placostylus fibratus

Placostylus fibratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bothriembryontidae
Subfamily: Placostylinae
Genus: Placostylus
Species:
P. fibratus
Binomial name
Placostylus fibratus
Martyn, 1789
Synonyms
  • Auricula aurantiaca Schumacher, 1817
  • Bulimus bootis Menke, 1828
  • Bulimus bovinus Bruguière, 1792
  • Bulimus bulbulus Gassies, 1871
  • Ellobium australe Röding, 1798
  • Helix (Cochlogena) aurisbovinus Férussac, 1821
  • Helix aurismalchi O. F. Müller, 1774 (name suppressed by ICZN Opinion 1662)
  • Limax fibratus Martyn, 1784 (original combination)
  • Voluta elongata [Lightfoot], 1786 (objective synonym and placed on Official Index by ICZN 1662)

Placostylus fibratus is a species of large air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bothriembryontidae. This species is endemic to New Caledonia.

Subspecies
  • Placostylus fibratus alexander (Crosse, 1855)
  • Placostylus fibratus fibratus (Martyn, 1784)
  • Placostylus fibratus goroensis (Souverbie, 1870)
  • Placostylus fibratus guestieri (Gassies, 1869)
  • Placostylus fibratus ouveanus (Mousson, 1869)
  • Placostylus fibratus souvillei (Morelet, 1857)
Placostylus fibratus cooked with garlic butter and served at a restaurant on Ile des Pins.

Known locally as bulime, the snails are considered a highly prized delicacy on Ile des Pins and are locally farmed to ensure supply.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (1996). "Placostylus fibratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T17451A7081717. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17451A7081717.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Le bulime, ou escargot terrestre de l'île des Pins : Conservation de Placostylus fibratus, espèce endémique et menacée de Nouvelle-Calédonie". 2002.
  • 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
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