Poecilocharis

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Phylum:Mollusca
Suborder:Helicina
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Poecilocharis
Shell of Poecilocharis bicolor (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Bothriembryontidae
Genus: Poecilocharis
Kobelt, 1891
Synonyms[1]
  • Aspastus (Poecilocharis) Kobelt, 1891
  • Placostylus (Poecilocharis) Kobelt, 1891 (original rank)
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Species

  • Poecilocharis bicolor (Hartman, 1889)
  • Poecilocharis turneri (L. Pfeiffer, 1860)

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