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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Orthalicoidea
Family: Bothriembryontidae
Genus: Leucocharis
Pilsbry, 1900 [1]
Synonyms[1]

Placostylus (Leuchocharis) (lapsus)

Species

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Species within the genus Leucpcharis include: (extinct species are marked with a dagger †)

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Leucocharis Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=863067 on 2021-05-04
  • Neubert, E., Chérel-Mora C. & Bouchet P. (2009). Polytypy, clines, and fragmentation: The bulimes of New Caledonia revisited (Pulmonata, Orthalicoidea, Placostylidae). In P. Grancolas (ed.), Zoologia Neocaledonica 7. Biodiversity studies in New Caledonia. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 198: 37–131.
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