Leucocharis
Genus of gastropods
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Leucocharis is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Placostylinae of the family Bothriembryontidae.[1]
| Leucocharis | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Leucocharis pancheri (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Bothriembryontidae |
| Genus: | Leucocharis Pilsbry, 1900 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Placostylus (Leuchocharis) (lapsus) | |
Species
Species within the genus Leucpcharis include: (extinct species are marked with a dagger †)
- Leucocharis loyaltyensis (Souverbie, 1879)
- Leucocharis pancheri (Crosse, 1870)
- Leucocharis porphyrocheila Dautzenberg & Bernier, 1901