Placostylus fibratus (Martyn 1784)

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

• 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

Placostylus fibratus es una especie de molusco gasterópodo de la familia Bulimulidae en el orden de los Stylommatophora.

Distribución geográfica

Es endémica de Nueva Caledonia

Referencias

• (en Inglés) Bouchet, P. 1996. Placostylus fibratus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Placostylus fibratus é uma espécie de gastrópode da família Bulimulidae.

É endémica de Nova Caledónia.

Referências

• (em inglês) Bouchet, P. 1996. Placostylus fibratus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Dados de 7 de Agosto de 2007.