Placostylus fibratus

Placostylus fibratus
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.

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

External links

• Martyn T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls
• Martyn T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls.
• Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2: I-XXXVI, 1-214, 10 unnumbered pages. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Molleriana.
• Röding, P.F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp
• Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.