Placostylus fibratus

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Order:Stylommatophora

Family:Bothriembryontidae

Placostylus fibratus
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
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)

Known locally as bulime, the snails are considered a highly prized delicacy on Ile des Pins and are locally farmed to ensure supply.^[2]