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