Poecilocharis
Genus of gastropods
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Poecilocharis are a genus of very large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bothriembryontidae.[1]
| Poecilocharis | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Poecilocharis bicolor (paralectotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Superfamily: | Orthalicoidea |
| Family: | Bothriembryontidae |
| Genus: | Poecilocharis Kobelt, 1891 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
- Poecilocharis bicolor (Hartman, 1889)
- Poecilocharis turneri (L. Pfeiffer, 1860)