Leucocharis pancheri

Leucocharis pancheri is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Bothriembryontidae. [2]

Leucocharis pancheri
Shell of Leucocharis pancheri (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bothriembryontidae
Genus: Leucocharis
Species:
L. pancheri
Binomial name
Leucocharis pancheri
(Crosse, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Leuchocharis pancheri (lapsus)
  • Bulimus pancheri Crosse, 1870 (original combination)
  • Placostylus (Leucocharis) pancheri (Crosse, 1870)

Description

The length of the shell attains 31.9 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Caledonia.

References

  1. Bouchet P. (1996). Leuchocharis (sic) pancheri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leucocharis pancheri (Crosse, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1362675 on 2021-05-04
  • Crosse, H., 1871. Description d'espèces inédites provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.. Journal de Conchyliologie "1870"18: 403-420
  • Breure, A. S. H., 1976. Types of Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 233 "1975": 1137-1187, sér. ser.3, part. Zoologie


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