Placocharis

Placocharis
	Shell of Placocharis macgillivrayi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Bothriembryontidae
Genus:	Placocharis; Pilsbry, 1900
Type species
	Bulimus macgillivrayi L. Pfeiffer, 1855;
Synonyms
	Acrostylus Clench, 1935 (invalid: junior homonymy of Acrostylus Cossmann, 1896; Malaitella Clench, 1941 is a replacement name); Malaitella Clench, 1941 (junior synonym); Placostylus (Acrostylus) Clench, 1935 (invalid: junior homonym of Acrostylus Cossmann, 1896; Malaitella Clench, 1941 is a replacement name); Placostylus (Malaitella) Clench, 1941 (junior synonym); Placostylus (Placocharis) Pilsbry, 1900 (original rank);

Placocharis are a genus of very large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Placostylinae of the family Bothriembryontidae.^[1]

Suborder:Helicina

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Placocharis

Shell of Placocharis macgillivrayi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Orthalicoidea
Family:	Bothriembryontidae
Genus:	Placocharis Pilsbry, 1900
Type species
Bulimus macgillivrayi L. Pfeiffer, 1855
Synonyms^[1]
Acrostylus Clench, 1935 (invalid: junior homonymy of Acrostylus Cossmann, 1896; Malaitella Clench, 1941 is a replacement name) Malaitella Clench, 1941 (junior synonym) Placostylus (Acrostylus) Clench, 1935 (invalid: junior homonym of Acrostylus Cossmann, 1896; Malaitella Clench, 1941 is a replacement name) Placostylus (Malaitella) Clench, 1941 (junior synonym) Placostylus (Placocharis) Pilsbry, 1900 (original rank)